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Issue Details:
First known date:
1927...
vol.
4
no.
3
13 December
1927
of
The Australian Woman's Mirror
est. 1924-1961
The Australian Woman's Mirror
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Notes
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Contains the fifth instalment of Rann Daly's Spinifex, p. 4
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Secret Drama,
single work
short story
A convict escapes on a stormy night. While the governor and his warders are out searching for him he arrives at the governor's house, where the governor's wife provides him with new clothing and their secret is revealed.
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The Mother,
single work
short story
A hard-working mother, long taken for granted by her family, gives way to her distress when noone thinks to give her a gift on Christmas day.
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Flowers and a Flapper,
single work
short story
A flapper is boarding with three unmarried, elderly ladies. The youngest of them lends the young woman some flowers, which she has kept in a drawer for many years, to decorate her dress for a dance. Her generosity has a wonderful outcome.
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'Footsteps Echoing'...,
single work
short story
An orphan corresponds with the matron of the orphanage where she used to live. The correspondence lasts for many years and traces the girl's fortunes, including an apparently doomed love affair.
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An Excellent Match,
single work
short story
A couple who have known each other all their lives are expected by their families to marry. They become engaged, but both fall in love with someone else.
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The Jungle Child,
single work
short story
A neglected and motherless child is picked up from the street and taken to the seaside for a picnic. He hides in a cave and is left behind, but found later by a young widow who has recently lost her two-year-old son.
- Something Like Love!, single work column (p. 13, 55)
- Life and Lovei"This do I ask of life, that I may go", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Compensationsi"These things are left to me:", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Empty Hearti"'Shut the door of your heart,' Prudence cried,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- A North-Wind Dayi"Something out there in the dusty sky", single work poetry (p. 17)
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Spring-Cleaning Australia! : Dr. Jean White-Haney,
single work
column
Nettie Palmer interviews Jean White-Haney, whose work involved searching for a means of destroying the prickly pear.
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An Anthology of Our Own,
single work
column
England objects to the belief that men make better poets and calls for an anthology of women poets.
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Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Poems 1927 selected work poetry ; (p. 24) Section: Let's Talk About Books - Apologies to Tennysoni"Sunshine and early morn", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Little Hearti"Now on her grave are the leaves by", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Nobody Knows Himi"Everyone says that this boy of mine", single work poetry (p. 39)
- My Little Onei"Close in my arms my little one lies,", single work poetry (p. 50)
- Tadpolesi"I caught seven little taddies,", single work poetry (p. 51)
- If Babies Grew in Cabbagesi"If babies grew in cabbages,", single work poetry (p. 52)
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