AustLit logo
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Notes

  • Epigraph:

    One day the light in our eyes

    Will put the dawn to shame,

    Then hate and fear will burn away

    In our spirit's flame,

    And man will with a song fulfill

    The promise in his name. - David Martin.

    (Note: Poem title is One Day the Light in Our Eyes

  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Australasian Book Society , 1953 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories : Introduction, S. Murray-Smith , single work prose
Steven Murray-Smith introduces an anthology which he considers of great cultural importance for Australian society, as it exhibits the virtues that history has shown to be formative for the nation. He also sees the promotion of Australian Literature as important because 'the Australian people are to-day being subjected to a vicious and unprecedented flood of foreign decadence - comics, movies, "music," syndicated journalism and radio, theatre - preaching pornography, sadism, sex, violence, hatred between people and nations'. He states, 'it is therefore timely that the enduring qualities in our inheritance should be stressed', and sees Australian Literature as a means of achieving this.
(p. 9-13)
A World to Gain, Lyndall Hadow , single work short story (p. 15-20)
Mr Heine, Flexmore Hudson , single work short story (p. 21-32)
Near the Wharves, Judah Waten , single work short story autobiography (p. 33-42)
The Flatfish, J. S. Manifold , single work short story (p. 43-45)
Christmas Tree, Katharine Susannah Prichard , single work short story (p. 46-56)
Jettisoned, Vance Palmer , single work short story (p. 57-66)
Door Knocker, Ben Kidd , single work short story (p. 67-73)
The Load of Wood, Ross Franklyn , single work short story (p. 74-85)
The Saturday Flicks, Flexmore Hudson , single work short story (p. 86-89)
Sunday Afternoon, Lyndall Hadow , single work short story (p. 90-94)
Clarkey's Dead, Alan Marshall , single work short story (p. 95-98)
It Finds Its Level, Gavin Casey , single work short story mystery
Pumping station on a big mine pipeline appears to be run by corrupt staff who sell off gear, but in fact it works by gravity and was never necessary. The poor designer proves to be the company's general manager, famous for initiating the pipeline.
(p. 99-106)
Breathes There a Man, 'William Hatfield' , single work short story (p. 107-113)
Beware of a Man in a Blue Suit, Alan Marshall , single work short story (p. 120-126)
The Judge and the Shipowner : A Fairy Tale, John Morrison , single work short story (p. 127-133)
Note: With title: The Judge and the Shipowner
Transition, Frank Dalby Davison , single work short story (p. 134-153)
Back from Gangaya, Eric Lambert , single work short story (p. 154-169)
Cybalski and the Nightcart Men, David Martin , single work short story (p. 170-177)
Call me Charley, Max Brown , single work short story (p. 178-181)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

The Australian Short Story : II Gwen Kelly , 1955 single work
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 14 no. 3 1955; (p. 423-424)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1953-54 1954 periodical issue short story
The Australian Short Story : I David Martin , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 14 no. 3 1955; (p. 422-423)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1953-54 1954 periodical issue short story
Short Views Kathleen Barnes , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 1 1955; (p. 38-40)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales Dal Stivens , 1953 selected work short story
Notes on Coast to Coast Tim Burstall , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 1955; (p. 141-142)

— Review of Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1953-54 1954 periodical issue short story ; The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story
Untitled A. Phillips , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 1954; (p. 624-626)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales Dal Stivens , 1953 selected work short story
The Australian Short Story : II Gwen Kelly , 1955 single work
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 14 no. 3 1955; (p. 423-424)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1953-54 1954 periodical issue short story
Notes on Coast to Coast Tim Burstall , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 1955; (p. 141-142)

— Review of Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1953-54 1954 periodical issue short story ; The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story
Short Stories On, and Off, the Line Judith Lyall , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Voice , May vol. 3 no. 8 1954; (p. 24)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story
Untitled A. Phillips , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 1954; (p. 624-626)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales Dal Stivens , 1953 selected work short story
Short Views Kathleen Barnes , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 1 1955; (p. 38-40)

— Review of The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories 1953 anthology short story ; Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953 anthology short story ; The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales Dal Stivens , 1953 selected work short story
Last amended 2 Jun 2010 14:54:39
X