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'Scottish actress Thistle Anderson's firecracker of a polemic against her adopted hometown of Adelaide, published to roars of outrage and laughter in 1905, proves beyond doubt that people of the past were - just like us - fond of a good piss-take.
'This barbed satirical spray reveals the City of Churches as 'less holy than might be supposed', with more opium dens and prostitutes per capita than Melbourne, wines that are 'the worst ever made' (!), the local men 'caricatures' with inferior facial hair, the local women 'cats'. Thistle’s fondness is reserved for the fruit, the flour, the cabmen ... and the return ticket to Melbourne.
'This hilarious little volume, intended by its author as 'a playful skit', is to be taken with a pinch of salt ... or perhaps savoured, stubbornly, with a glass of excellent Adelaide wine.'
Source : (publisher's blurb)
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Title page note: 'Author of "Barenski", "Verses at Random" etc. No evidence has been found of a publication titled "Barenski".
Contents
- Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide, single work criticism (p. 11-28)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Customs Beastly, Manners None
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , March no. 11 1985; (p. 19)
— Review of Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose -
Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Arcadian Adelaide 1985; (p. 11-28) -
'Arcadian Adelaide' and 'The Arcadians'
1905
single work
review
— Appears in: Steele Rudd's Magazine , June 1905; (p. 600)
— Review of Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose ; The Arcadians : Sequel to Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose - y Thoughts of an Adelaide Larrikin Adelaide : G. K. , 1905 Z1038870 1905 selected work short story humour
- y A Scratch from an Adelaide Cat : In Vindication of Adelaide and Its People in Reply to Arcadian Adelaide Adelaide : Hassell Press , 1905 Z869879 1905 single work criticism
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Customs Beastly, Manners None
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , March no. 11 1985; (p. 19)
— Review of Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose -
'Arcadian Adelaide' and 'The Arcadians'
1905
single work
review
— Appears in: Steele Rudd's Magazine , June 1905; (p. 600)
— Review of Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose ; The Arcadians : Sequel to Arcadian Adelaide 1905 single work prose - y Thoughts of an Adelaide Larrikin Adelaide : G. K. , 1905 Z1038870 1905 selected work short story humour
- y A Scratch from an Adelaide Cat : In Vindication of Adelaide and Its People in Reply to Arcadian Adelaide Adelaide : Hassell Press , 1905 Z869879 1905 single work criticism
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Thistle Anderson in Edwardian Adelaide
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Arcadian Adelaide 1985; (p. 11-28)
- Adelaide, South Australia,