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- Fallerin'i"A cove don't seem to be doin' much", single work poetry humour (p. 1)
- The Prose and Poetry of Australian Landscape, single work criticism (p. 2-4)
- [Untitled]i"Behold her, in her morning hour ...", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Alma Venus!i"Trembling Creation's omnipresent sun,", single work poetry (p. 5-7)
- The Beginning of Australian Literature, single work prose (p. 8-10)
- [Untitled]i"When I was sitting desolate, with wasted", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Wheeli"Ethi, Priest of Serapis, weary of fruitless", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Cloud Arsenalsi"Beyond light that floods or changes,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- On Imagination : The 'Dramatic Touch', single work criticism (p. 13-14)
- The Watchersi"We sat beside the water", single work poetry (p. 14)
- The Promised Land : I : De Quiros' Dream (Terra Austrialia del Espiritu Santo)i"In Callao the church bells ring,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Promised Land : II : The Fulfilment (Australia)i"O late last comer at the feast of nations,", single work poetry (p. 15-17)
- Blue Eyesi"Blue is the ocean where its colour wells", single work poetry (p. 17)
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The Australian Institute of the Arts and Literature,
single work
essay
This uncredited essay proposes the setting up of the Institute and sets out its future aims, goals and planned activities.
- Destinyi"Is this thy pastime, Destiny, or a lone task", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Immutablei"All-Pervading, irresistible, profound,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- The Bridge, single work short story (p. 25-34)
- A Rondeli"Garlanded sweet, from the blossoming", single work poetry (p. 34)
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife,
single work
drama
Set on a stretch of rocky beach on an island off the north-west coast of Australia this one-act has two characters.
Mrs Boake, alone on an island lighthouse, recalls the death of her daughters as an Act of God. In the maudlin, sentimental simplicity of a mentally low old lady, she sings 'Abide With Me' as she reminisces. Her husband is gone to the mainland with two small pearls they have found. Parkson, a criminal, comes to frighten her into disclosing where the hoard is hidden, having heard of the pearls before Boake, inebriated, is knocked down and killed on the mainland. Her simplicity is her strength and Parkson cannot pierce her armour. She steadfastly holds to her assertion that there are no other pearls. She is shocked when he tells her of her husband's death, but refuses to leave the island with him and as he rows away she is heard singing 'Abide With Me'.
Abstract adapted fromThe Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955.
- Exiled in Londoni"On a night of storm and shower, murk and mist", single work poetry (p. 44)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , March vol. 1 no. 6 1922; (p. 2)
— Review of Art and Letters : Hassell's Australian Miscellany 1922 anthology
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Untitled
1922
single work
review
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , March vol. 1 no. 6 1922; (p. 2)
— Review of Art and Letters : Hassell's Australian Miscellany 1922 anthology