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Dora Birtles Dora Birtles i(A18473 works by) (birth name: Dora Toll) (a.k.a. Dora Eileen Birtles)
Born: Established: 1903 Wickham, Hamilton - Mayfield area, Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: Jan 1992 Cobar, Nyngan - Cobar area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 Rescued : And Again Drifting Dora Birtles , 1992 single work short story travel
— Appears in: Wilder Shores : Women's Travel Stories of Australia and Beyond 1992; (p. 60-64)
1 y separately published work icon Bonza the Bull Dora Birtles , London Sydney : Shakespeare Head Press , 1949 Z92409 1949 single work children's fiction children's
1 Three Days in the Averoff Dora Birtles , 1946 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian New Writing , no. 4 1946; (p. 64-81)
1 Recent Books : Digest of the Month's Reading George Farwell , Dora Birtles , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 57-61)
— Review of Beyond the Hill Lies China : Scenes from a Medical Life in Australia Herbert Michael Moran , 1945 single work novel ; Twenty Great Australian Stories 1946 anthology short story
1 The Little Black Princess of Alice Springs Dora Birtles , 1946 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Women's Digest , November vol. 2 no. 11 1946; (p. 26-28)
1 y separately published work icon Australia in Colour Dora Birtles , Sydney Ure Smith (editor), Sydney : John Sands , 1946 Z798945 1946 single work prose An extended prose piece on the Australian landscape illustrated with numerous colour reproductions of famous Australian paintings
1 Novel on Grand Scale Dora Birtles , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 35-37)
— Review of The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel
1 8 y separately published work icon Pioneer Shack Dora Birtles , London Sydney : Shakespeare Head Press , 1946 Z367422 1946 single work children's fiction children's

'When Mr. Graham took ill, his wife decided to move from their home in Singleton, N.S. W. to Newcastle, s that he could be nearer medical treatment, and the family, which consisted of Elsa, sixteen, John, twelve, and young Roslyn, could go to school there. The only place they could find to live was an uncomfortable flat in what had been an old delicenced hotel, the rest of which was occupied by the Poppy family.

Elsa, learning that a block of land which Mr. Graham had inherited from his grandfather many years before was about to be sold on account of unpaid rates, decided to locate it and see if anything could be done with it. She, and John and Roslyn set off into the country nearby, and eventually found the block, with the kindly assistance of old Grandfather O'Neill, who gave them a rabbit to take home...'(Abstract from The Australian Journal, November 1948 p. 780)

1 6 y separately published work icon The Overlanders : A Novel Dora Birtles , London : World Film Publications , 1946 Z796417 1946 single work novel

Novel, based on the film of the same name, about a droving expedition from the east Kimberleys, Western Australia through the Northern Territory and Queensland during World War II; secondary characters include Aboriginal characters.
1 Prisons Dora Birtles , 1945 single work short story
— Appears in: Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1944 1945; (p. 109-119)
1 The Effect of the Australian Environment on Australian Literature Bert Birtles , Dora Birtles , 1943 single work
— Appears in: Australian Writers Speak : Literature and Life in Australia 1943; (p. 33-45)
1 5 y separately published work icon North-West by North : A Journal of a Voyage Dora Birtles , London : Jonathan Cape , 1935 Z61554 1935 single work autobiography travel
1 Love and the Cockatoo Dora Birtles , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 13 September vol. 3 no. 42 1927; (p. 7, 52 - 53) A middle-aged, newly-married couple settle happily into their shared life, but the husband's demanding sixty-six-year-old cockatoo proves to be more than the wife can bear.
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