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y separately published work icon A Book of South Australia : Women in the First Hundred Years anthology   short story   poetry   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 A Book of South Australia : Women in the First Hundred Years
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Rigby , 1936 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Let Them Speak for Themselves, anthology diary autobiography correspondence poetry short story extract (p. 15-61)
Queen Adelaide and her Treasures, Elisabeth George , single work prose (p. 62-64)
The Legend of Nar-Oong-Owie, the Sacred Island, K. Langloh Parker , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 82)
A Legend of the Flowers, K. Langloh Parker , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 83-85)
How the Mail is Delivered in our Outback, Mrs Aeneas Gunn , extract prose (p. 86-87)
Our Pioneer Women and our Natives, Daisy Bates , single work prose (p. 93-98)
Retrospection, Myrtle Rose White , single work short story (p. 99-104)
Some Old Homes and Gardens Near Adelaide, Winnifred Scott , single work prose (p. 119-122)
Almond Blossomi"In blossom time the world's alight", Ellinor G. Walker , single work poetry (p. 126)
The Signi"I, who am one of millions of my kind", Ellinor G. Walker , single work poetry (p. 138)
Sanctuaryi"I shall wander to the haunt of brooding trees", Kathleen Chute-Erson , single work poetry (p. 157)
What the Wicked Mandarin Said, Inez K. Hyland , single work short story (p. 158-162)
Australian Love Songi"Thy breath is sweet as rain upon dry grass", Inez K. Hyland , single work poetry (p. 163)
Two Homesi"The wind laughed loud around my house", Inez K. Hyland , single work poetry (p. 163)
The Curlew's Cryi"By lily-covered billabong", Inez K. Hyland , single work poetry (p. 163)
Life on the River Murray - One of its Aspects, Marjory R. Casson , single work prose (p. 168)
The Clown and Memory, Brenda Kekwick , single work drama (p. 171-173)
To Sleepi"Ah, Sleep! thy lover must seem fair to thee", Patricia Hackett , single work poetry (p. 185)
A True Story, Tarella Quin Daskein , single work short story (p. 187-191)
The Sandhill Fairy, Joan Kinmont , single work short story (p. 207)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Rigby , 1936 .
      Extent: 251 p., [12] leaves of plates (some col.) : illus. (some col.), map, ports., musicp.
      Note/s:
      • Published by Rigby for the Women's Centenary Council of S.A.
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Works about this Work

South Australian Settler Memoirs Amanda Nettelbeck , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 68 2001; (p. 97-104; Notes: 233-235) This article looks at the ways in which settlers from the first wave of migration to South Australia constructed a sense of regional identity in the colony through the genre of memoir, and at the consequent process of mythologising a regional legend of foundation.
A Book of South Australia W. H. Langham , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: Desiderata , 2 November no. 30 1936; (p. 10-13)
— Review of A Book of South Australia : Women in the First Hundred Years 1936 anthology short story poetry prose
A Book of South Australia W. H. Langham , 1936 single work review
— Appears in: Desiderata , 2 November no. 30 1936; (p. 10-13)
— Review of A Book of South Australia : Women in the First Hundred Years 1936 anthology short story poetry prose
South Australian Settler Memoirs Amanda Nettelbeck , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 68 2001; (p. 97-104; Notes: 233-235) This article looks at the ways in which settlers from the first wave of migration to South Australia constructed a sense of regional identity in the colony through the genre of memoir, and at the consequent process of mythologising a regional legend of foundation.
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