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Agnes Littlejohn Agnes Littlejohn i(A14773 works by)
Born: Established: 1865 Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1944 Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Pipes O' Pan : and other short stories Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1939 Z1220557 1939 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Lighthouse Keepers : and other poems Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1938 Z1220028 1938 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Drowsy Hours : and other poems Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1936 Z1220061 1936 selected work poetry
2 y separately published work icon The Unforgotten Watch : and other poems Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1935 Z1220038 1935 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Guardian of the Gate i "The dawn awakes in glory! Morning sun", Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Nicholson's , 1938 Z1220735 1933 single work poetry
2 y separately published work icon The Guardian of the Gate : and other poems Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1933 Z1220064 1933 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Lady of the Doves : and other poems Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1929 Z1220054 1929 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Lyrics and Mystic Sketches Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1928 Z1220562 1928 selected work poetry short story
1 y separately published work icon Lyrics and Lyrical Prose Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1927 Z1220047 1927 selected work poetry children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon To A Butterfly : Song i "Butterfly in ecstasy lives out one sunny day -", Agnes Littlejohn , Raimund Pechotsch (composer), Sydney : Nicholson's , 1925 Z1220747 1925 single work lyric/song
1 y separately published work icon The Lost Emerald : And Other Stories Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1924 Z1220499 1924 selected work children's fiction children's
1 A Song i "A Song flashed in the air,", Agnes Littlejohn , 1922 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 13 December no. Christmas Number 1922; (p. 42)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Sleeping Sea-Nymph Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1921 Z1144585 1921 single work children's fiction children's This work, 'a tale of nymphs, princes and mermaids, is another story catering more for the adult taste for romance and rapture than for children' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 262).
1 y separately published work icon Rainbow Dreams Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1919 Z1220512 1919 selected work children's fiction children's

A series of folktales and fairy stories aimed specifically at Australian children, rather than relying too heavily on European mythology (it includes, for example, the story of how the Southern Cross was formed).
1 Secret of the Stars Agnes Littlejohn , 1918 single work short story children's
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 25 December 1918; (p. 21)
1 The Silver Road across the Lagoon Agnes Littlejohn , 1918 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 11 December 1918; (p. 25)
1 1 y separately published work icon Star Dust and Sea Spray Agnes Littlejohn , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1918 Z836697 1918 selected work children's fiction children's

A collection of eighteen stories, all fairy stories, and a number with a strongly Australian focus, including ones that take place on coral isles around Australia's coastline.
1 Swan Song i "Desiring to leave a message,", Agnes Littlejohn , 1916 single work poetry
— Appears in: War Poems 1916; (p. 8)
1 My Heroes i "The two lads went away to the fighting-", Agnes Littlejohn , 1916 single work poetry
— Appears in: War Poems 1916; (p. 6-7)
1 Hope i "Tho' many are in battle toss'd,", Agnes Littlejohn , 1916 single work poetry
— Appears in: War Poems 1916; (p. 5)
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