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Notes

  • The title of this autobiography was chosen because Mollie Skinner, after spending much time in a darkened room with bandaged eyes due to an ulcerated cornea, thought of herself as the fifth sparrow (Luke 12:6) - 'a poor, befeathered, blinded little bird yet still having joyful life, ability to fly, to sing, to preen, to pick up crumbs and drink and to find fellowship with my kind'.
  • Published posthumously.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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Foreword by Mary Durack.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Sydney University Press , 1972 .
      image of person or book cover 1781037364849493602.jpg
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      Extent: xvii, 171p.p.
      Description: illus., facsims, ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 0424064103
    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Angus and Robertson ,
      1973 .
      Extent: xix, 171, [8]p.p.
      Description: illus., facsims, ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography.
      ISBN: 0207125694

Works about this Work

Understanding Mollie's India : Exploring Texts, Co-Texts and Contexts of Letters of a V.A.D. and Tucker Sees India Ipsita Sengupta , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-80)
Guns 'n' Roses : Mollie Skinner's Intrepid Great War Fictions Donna Coates , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 105-121)
Mollie Skinner, Quaker Spinster and `The Witch of Wellaway' Sylvia Martin , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 200-217)
Constructions of the Self : Mollie Skinner Joan Newman , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 17 no. 1 1991; (p. 79-87)
The Fifth Sparrow Betty Lockwood , 1977-1978 single work review
— Appears in: Womanspeak , December-January vol. 3 no. 4 1977-1978; (p. 29)

— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
The Fifth Sparrow Betty Lockwood , 1977-1978 single work review
— Appears in: Womanspeak , December-January vol. 3 no. 4 1977-1978; (p. 29)

— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
The Writer and the Nurse Judah Waten , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 January 1973; (p. 19)

— Review of The Boy in the Bush D. H. Lawrence , M. L. Skinner , 1924 single work novel ; The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
Untitled Maurice Dunlevy , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 January 1973; (p. 8)

— Review of The Boy in the Bush D. H. Lawrence , M. L. Skinner , 1924 single work novel ; The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
Untitled W. A. Murray , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December vol. 11 no. 1972; (p. 36-37)

— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
Untitled A. A. Phillips , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Nation Review , 16-22 December 1972; (p. 295)

— Review of The Fifth Sparrow : An Autobiography M. L. Skinner , Marjorie Rees , 1972 single work autobiography
Understanding Mollie's India : Exploring Texts, Co-Texts and Contexts of Letters of a V.A.D. and Tucker Sees India Ipsita Sengupta , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-80)
Guns 'n' Roses : Mollie Skinner's Intrepid Great War Fictions Donna Coates , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 105-121)
Mollie Skinner, Quaker Spinster and `The Witch of Wellaway' Sylvia Martin , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 200-217)
Constructions of the Self : Mollie Skinner Joan Newman , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 17 no. 1 1991; (p. 79-87)
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