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y separately published work icon An Australian Story-Book anthology   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 An Australian Story-Book
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Notes

  • Prefaced with a letter to Louis Esson.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Louis Esson, By Way of Preface, Nettie Palmer , single work criticism
Nettie Palmer discusses some of her editorial criteria for including stories in this work: esentially they convey a 'sense of life', without contrivance. She emphasises the variety of approach and mood of different stories treating similar subject matter, e.g. rural life, and the subtle humour that flavours them. She hopes that her selection represents one possible sample of 'the best Australian work'
(p. [unnumbered])
The Cooboo, Katharine Susannah Prichard , single work short story
Set on the wide plains of the Murndoo station, 'The Cooboo' is the story of Rose, a Wongana woman, mother, and stockwoman.
(p. 1-7)
The Vengeance, Cecil Mann , single work short story (p. 8-16)
The Punishing of Mokotu, Jack McLaren , single work short story (p. 17-27)
His Photo on the Wall, Dowell O'Reilly , single work short story (p. 28-35)
Red Sand, Lilian Goode , single work short story (p. 36-54)
Iodine, Charles S. Gilmour , single work short story war literature (p. 55-57)
All Square, Nina Lowe , single work short story (p. 58-72)
Copper Jack's Alibi, H. E. Riemann , single work short story (p. 73-87)
Blue Dungaree, Gilbert Munro Turnbull , single work short story (p. 88-99)
Long, Long Ago, Zora Cross , single work short story (p. 100-112)
The Brigadier, Vance Palmer , single work short story (p. 113-127)
Santa Claus, 'Weeroona' , single work short story (p. 128-137)
The Champion Bullock-Driver, Lance Skuthorp , single work short story humour
The ghosts of sixteen dead bullock drivers rise from the grave when they recognise the skill of a champion bullock driver.
(p. 138-141)
Silhouette, Bernard Cronin , single work short story (p. 142-152)
Joined to His Idols, Frederick T. Macartney , single work short story (p. 153-163)
The Bunmaker's Year, W. G. Brown , single work short story humour satire (p. 164-177)
Gunner Gunn, Horton Brooks , single work short story (p. 178-191)
Sun, Myra Morris , single work short story (p. 192-205)
After Two Years, W. D. Flannery , single work short story (p. 206-215)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

'Elusive as the Fires that Generate New Forms and Methods of Expression in Every Age and Country' : Nettie Palmer and the Modernist Short Story Deborah Jordan , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 35 no. 1/2 2009; (p. 134-149)

'The literary modernisms of [Nettie] Palmer and[Susannah] Prichard's generation were not a belated response to European and American developments, nor did they arise as a response to the trauma and tragedy of the Great War. Their engagement with Western European literary modernism stemmed from their direct experiences with 'the men of 1914' in London and America. When we begin with the situated perspectives of different women and understand writers as embodied subjects as a source of analytical power, new readings are possible.' (p134)

'The Times' on Australian Stories News and Notes 1931 extract review (Untitled)
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 September vol. 3 no. 9 1931; (p. 184)
Untitled 1931 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 2 July 1931; (p. 530)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
The Omnibus Development Phil Grim , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 316)
Let's Talk About Gift Books Franziska , 1929 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 10 December vol. 6 no. 3 1929; (p. 24)

Discusses giving books as gifts and makes recommendations, from both Australia and overseas, including the publication of the first unabridged version of For the Term of His Natural Life.

Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 19 December 1928; (p. 37)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian , 22 December vol. 125 no. 4172 1928; (p. 9)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
Untitled 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 22 December 1928; (p. 16)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
Australian Short Stories 1928 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 27 December 1928; (p. 64)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
Untitled 1929 single work review
— Appears in: The North Queensland Register , 28 January 1929; (p. 34)

— Review of An Australian Story-Book 1928 anthology short story
What Ten Books Would You Take? Rose Nuttall , 1929 single work criticism
— Appears in: All About Books , 20 May vol. 1 no. 6 1929; (p. 187)
Reviewer Nuttall lists ten books she would take to an isolated island of which three are by Australian authors.
Ten Books For a Desert Isle : Result of Vote 1929 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 July vol. 1 no. 8 1929; (p. 260)
The Omnibus Development Phil Grim , 1930 single work prose
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 316)
'The Times' on Australian Stories News and Notes 1931 extract review (Untitled)
— Appears in: All About Books , 14 September vol. 3 no. 9 1931; (p. 184)
'Elusive as the Fires that Generate New Forms and Methods of Expression in Every Age and Country' : Nettie Palmer and the Modernist Short Story Deborah Jordan , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 35 no. 1/2 2009; (p. 134-149)

'The literary modernisms of [Nettie] Palmer and[Susannah] Prichard's generation were not a belated response to European and American developments, nor did they arise as a response to the trauma and tragedy of the Great War. Their engagement with Western European literary modernism stemmed from their direct experiences with 'the men of 1914' in London and America. When we begin with the situated perspectives of different women and understand writers as embodied subjects as a source of analytical power, new readings are possible.' (p134)

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