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Marion Downes Marion Downes i(A5707 works by) (a.k.a. Marion Grace Downes)
Born: Established: 1864 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1926
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Wayside Songs Marion Downes , London : Simpkin, Marshall , 1927 Z808405 1927 single work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Wayside Songs for Women Marion Downes , Melbourne : Alexander McCubbin , 1921 Z808402 1921 single work poetry
1 y separately published work icon In the Track of the Sunset : An Australian Story for Girls Marion Downes , Melbourne : Modern Printing Company , 1919 Z846144 1919 single work children's fiction children's

Described by contemporary newspapers as a deeply religious novel, 'mid-Victorian' in tone, 'pourtraying [sic] ruin as the result of neglect of moral training'.

See:

'A Story for Girls', The Telegraph, 8 May 1920, p.13.
1 Reported Missing Marion Downes , 1917 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 3 March no. 2482 1917; (p. 6)
1 The Doom of the Sea i "Thou great, lone Sea! Thou rolling, mighty deep,", Marion Downes , 1916 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekly Times Annual , 4 November 1916; (p. 15)
1 3 y separately published work icon Flower o' the Bush Marion Downes , London Melbourne : Ward, Lock , 1914 Z495736 1914 single work children's fiction children's

Story of the lovely Dora Swayle, her admirer Hugh MacNeil and their lives and adventures in the Victorian bush near Melbourne. Dora marries Robert Patrick, but he goes missing and she she relies on the assistance of the faithful Hugh. Robert is found after eighteen months away, but confusion ensues as Dora's friend, Grace Moffat, is convinced her lover, Ronald Patrick, has been unfaithful due to the discovery of an initialled handkerchief. When she discovers that Ronald has a brother with the same initials, she realises her mistake and they are reunited. Robert is of a sickly nature however, and later dies, leaving Dora and her child Grace alone. Hugh, however, has remained faithful to his love for Dora, and they eventually marry.

The menace and beauty of the Australian landscape is described in great detail.
1 A Cluster of Flowers i "You ask me which of all God's flowers", Marion Downes , 1913 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , November no. 183 1913; (p. 168)
1 The Young Brigade i "Winding along through the city street", Marion Downes , 1913 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , January no. 173 1913; (p. 2) School Paper : Grades V and VI , August no. 307 1924; (p. 106-107)
1 y separately published work icon A Brave Bush Girl Marion Downes , London : Bateman , 1912 Z808408 1912 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon Swayed by the Storm : A Story of Australia Today Marion Downes , Melbourne : Lothian , 1911 Z220287 1911 single work novel
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