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2 7 y separately published work icon Australia for Women : Travel and Culture Susan Hawthorne (editor), Renate Klein (editor), ( trans. Ursula Grawe with title Australien der Frauen ) Munich : Frauenoffensive , 1994 Z407461 1994 anthology short story poetry prose criticism travel
2 A Rat in the Building Olga Masters , 1982 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Home Girls 1982; (p. 64-75) The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories 1988; (p. 151-162) Collected Stories 1996; (p. 60-70)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 83-95)
2 Country Girl Again Jean Bedford , 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 76-82)
— Appears in: Country Girl Again : Stories 1979; (p. 69-75) Contemporary Classics 65-95 : The Best Australian Short Fiction 1965-1995 1996; (p. 80-88) The Penguin Century of Australian Stories 2000; (p. 69-74)
2 Seeing Mrs Landers Thea Astley , 1974 single work short story
— Appears in: Festival and Other Stories 1974; (p. 35-39) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1986; (p. 218-222)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 52-57)
2 1 Five Acre Virgin Elizabeth Jolley , 1976 single work short story
— Appears in: Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories 1976; (p. 7-12) Stories : Five Acre Virgin, The Travelling Entertainer 1984; (p. 10-17) The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories 1988; (p. 165-171) The Largest Island : Modern Australian Short Stories 1989; (p. 25-31) An Anthology of Australian Literature 1995; (p. 352-358) Contemporary Classics 65-95 : The Best Australian Short Fiction 1965-1995 1996; (p. 364-373)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 58-65)
1 y separately published work icon Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen Ursula Grawe (editor), Ursula Grawe (translator), Munich : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , 1992 Z1059447 1992 anthology short story
3 No Such Thing as a Free Lunch Kate Grenville , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Bearded Ladies : Stories 1984; (p. 114-118) Goodbye to Romance : Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers 1930-1988 1989; (p. 287-290) The Second Largest Island : Modern Australian Short Stories 1994; (p. 32-35) The Oxford Book of Australian Short Stories 1994; (p. 310-312) Tart and Juicy : Food Stories from Australian and New Zealand Writers 1994; (p. 1-4)
— Appears in: Air Mail from Down Under 1990; (p. 62-66)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 108-111)
2 1 The Triskelion Christina Stead , 1934 single work short story
— Appears in: The Salzburg Tales 1934; The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1986; (p. 56-69) Goodbye to Romance : Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers 1930-1988 1989; (p. 5-18) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1992; (p. 56-69) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1994; (p. 56-69) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 2002; (p. 66-82)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 25-40)
3 8 The Persimmon Tree Marjorie Barnard , 1942 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Home , 1 July vol. 23 no. 7 1942; (p. 24-25) The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories 1943; (p. 21-25) Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1942 1943; (p. 1-5) A Century of Australian Short Stories 1963; (p. 184-187) Short Stories of Australia : The Moderns 1967; (p. 33-36) Best Australian Short Stories 1971; (p. 253-256)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 41-45)
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories 2005; (p. 39-47)
2 1 What We Say Helen Garner , 1987 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 January 1987; The Faber Book of Contemporary Australian Short Stories 1988; (p. 300-304) Eight Voices of the Eighties : Stories, Journalism and Criticism by Australian Women Writers 1989; (p. 371-375) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1992; (p. 304-308) The Australian Short Story : An Anthology from the 1890s to the 1980s 1994; (p. 298-302) My Hard Heart : Selected Fiction 1998; (p. 16-21)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 112-116)
2 Higher Animals Carmel Bird , 1987 single work short story
— Appears in: The Woodpecker Toy Fact and Other Stories 1987; (p. 24-27) Woodpecker Point and Other Stories 1988; (p. 38-40) The Essential Bird 2005; (p. 205-208)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 131-134)
2 Lina and Angy Susan Hampton , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: Surly Girls 1989; (p. 53-56)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 158-161)
2 To the Islands Today Jessica Anderson , 1987 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Quarterly , 19-20 December 1987; (p. 7) Cheating and Other Infidelities 1995; (p. 1-6) The Courier-Mail , 2 January, 1996; (p. 25)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 162-166)

The author describes a childhood trip down Moreton Bay on a government supply ship. They stop at two islands, one of which is Peel, a leper colony; the other is Dunwich, home to a few Aboriginal people. The narrator recalls her family's casually racist remarks, which she accepted as a child but which now perturbs her.
3 1 Mothers and Old Lovers Gillian Mears , 1987 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 20 1987; (p. 8-15) Fineflour 1990; (p. 39-50) Country Childhoods 1992; (p. 54-63) Collected Stories 1997; (p. 138-149) Splash 1998; (p. 244-260) Below the Waterline : 31 Australian Writers Choose Their Best Short Stories 1999; (p. 5-15)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 146-157)
— Appears in: Australien berättar : drömtidens framtid : nitton noveller 2009; (p. 159-174)
4 Hostages Fay Zwicky , 1973 single work short story
— Appears in: Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1973 1973; (p. 138-141) Sandgropers : A Western Australian Anthology 1973; (p. 148-152) New Country : A Selection of Western Australian Short Stories 1976; (p. 98-101) The Strength of Tradition : Stories of the Immigrant Presence in Australia 1970-81 (Dedicated to David Martin) 1983; (p. 227-232) Hostages 1983; (p. 1-6) Jewish Writing from Down Under : Australia and New Zealand 1984; (p. 235-241)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 46-51)
— Appears in: Chung-Wai Literary Monthly , no. 301 1997; (p. 177)
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories 2005; (p. 194-207)
2 2 A Woman with Black Hair Beverley Farmer , 1985 single work short story
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , February vol. 7 no. 2 1985; (p. 51-54) Social Alternatives , January vol. 4 no. 3 1985; (p. 28-30) Home Time 1985; (p. 53-60) Arafura : 16 of the Best Stories from the NT Literary Awards 1986; (p. 43-49) Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction 1988; (p. 430-437) Eight Voices of the Eighties : Stories, Journalism and Criticism by Australian Women Writers 1989; (p. 124-130)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 96-103) Into the Nineties: Post-Colonial Women's Writing 1994; (p. 66)
3 The Letter Sally Morgan , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: National Aboriginal Day Magazine 1986; (p. 24-25) Eclipsed : Two Centuries of Australian Women's Fiction 1988; (p. 463-465) Paperbark : A Collection of Black Australian Writings 1990; (p. 79-81) Brief Encounters : Short Stories 1992; (p. 103-105) Daughters of the Sun : Short Stories from Western Australia 1994; (p. 206-209) The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000; (p. 326-327)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 127-130)
— Appears in: ダイヤモンド・ドッグ : 《多文化を映す》現代オーストラリア短編小說集 2008;
5 21 The Chosen Vessel Barbara Baynton , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories 1930; (p. 25-35)
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Xmas edition) , 12 December vol. 17 no. 878 1896; (p. 32) The Bulletin Story Book : A Selection of Stories and Literary Sketches from 'The Bulletin' [1881-1901] 1901; (p. 226-231) Australian Short Stories 1928; (p. 12-17) Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953; (p. 129-133) It Could Be You 1972; (p. 63-67) The Old Bulletin Reader : The Best Stories from The Bulletin 1881-1901 1973; (p. 148-153)
— Appears in: Eine Frau im Busch und andere australische Erzahlungen 1970;
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 7-14) Following a similar thread to Henry Lawson's "The Drover's Wife" (and many believe, a direct response to it), "The Chosen Vessel" follows a young mother left alone in her outback hut who becomes growingly concerned for her own safety following the arrival of a menacing swagmen. The story also follows for a short time a man riding in to town to place his vote and his struggles with religious guilt. 
2 1 A Snake Down Under Glenda Adams , 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: The Hottest Night of the Century : Short Stories 1979; (p. 31-33) Personal Best : Thirty Australian Authors Choose Their Best Short Stories 1989; (p. 54-56) The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 533-535) The Penguin Century of Australian Stories 2000; (p. 1-3)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 73-75)
2 Epithalamium Rosemary Creswell , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Colouring In : A Book of Ideologically Unsound Love Stories 1986; (p. 28-32) Smashed : Australian Drinking Stories 1996; (p. 265-271)
— Appears in: Frauen in Australien : Erzahlungen 1992; (p. 122-126)
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