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Issue Details:
First known date:
1929...
vol.
5
no.
44
24 September
1929
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 twelfth instalment of Georgia Rivers's The Difficult Art, p. 4
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Turning Point,
single work
short story
Phyllis meets her Uncle Dick at a cricket match. Noticing one of the players, Langdon Temperley, she tells her uncle how she persuaded Langdon to dress as his twin sister, Dulcie, after Dulcie sprained her wrist before a school cricket match. The trick was discovered and Mabel Campbell, the school principal, was furious before her sense of humour took over. Something Phyllis says about Mabel sends her Uncle Dick hurrying away to see the principal and Phyllis suspects she knows the reason why.
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Arson,
single work
short story
Cassie Innes is determined her husband's lover, Fanny Howe, will not gain possession of her house after she dies. On her deathbed she tells her daughter, Dot, to burn the house down. Dot promises to do so, so that her mother can die happy, but she does not carry out her promise. Her mother's apparition begins to appear to Dot when she is asleep, and one night Dot watches her set fire to the house. She is rescued by the local doctor, who has befriended her, and he offers her an alternative home.
- The Singing Childi"Oh, my heart, a moment stay,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Golden Petalsi"I love to look at Evening's yellow gown,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- This Least Is Left -i"I never could believe the day would come", single work poetry (p. 16)
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Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Birds and Green Places : A Book of Australian Nature Gossip 1929 single work non-fiction ;Franziska unreservedly praises this publication by A. H. Chisholm, who was also an Australian Woman's Mirror contributor. The book is concerned with birds from all over Australia, but with a special emphasis on Queensland. -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Ralph Rashleigh, or, The Life of an Exile 1929 single work novel ;Franziska concludes that, although the book is 'very rawly told in places', it is important because it is told from the convict's point of view.
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