[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] The darnce Women in the Bush flowered early, and bore fruit at once, and withered quickly, and died slowly — all because the sun was hot, and food … [Read more...] about The darnce [by P. R. Stephensen]
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Sorrow of Black Alf [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Sorrow of Black Alf The aboriginal blackfellows in the Bush knew how to die easily, because they were a dying race, particularly after the white … [Read more...] about Sorrow of Black Alf [by P. R. Stephensen]
The crawler [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] The crawler A terror-full silence had fallen, chilling the hot afternoon. Young Mrs. Williamson, sewing on the verandah, had looked up suddenly … [Read more...] about The crawler [by P. R. Stephensen]
Strength of ten [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Strength of ten Easily the strongest man was Big Bill O’Reilly, the timber-getter. He would come into the township, cracking his great … [Read more...] about Strength of ten [by P. R. Stephensen]
Willy Ah Foo [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Willy Ah Foo We lads thought it particularly noble to steal peanuts from Willy Ah Foo, for the peanuts of Willy Ah Foo were not only remarkably … [Read more...] about Willy Ah Foo [by P. R. Stephensen]
Mounted on Edith [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Mounted on Edith It was seven miles to the Long Paddock from Hanson’s, so young Johnny Hanson, fourteen years old and cocksure, had plenty of … [Read more...] about Mounted on Edith [by P. R. Stephensen]
Death at sundown [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] Death at sundown When the Rawlinson twins, Frankie and Harry, asked their father if they could go fishing along Deep Creek, their father … [Read more...] about Death at sundown [by P. R. Stephensen]
The bushwhackers [by P. R. Stephensen]
[Editor: This is a short story from The Bushwhackers: Sketches of Life in the Australian Outback (1929) by P. R. Stephensen.] The bushwhackers When Bill and Jim Darley landed in Australia, they were astonished most by the tallness of the trees. Great smooth shining white … [Read more...] about The bushwhackers [by P. R. Stephensen]
Pet Perennials, no. 1 chapter 3 [by Patty Parsley (Menie Parkes), 24 September 1859]
[Editor: A short story by Menie Parkes, under the name of “Patty Parsley”. Published in The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal, 24 September 1859. This story consisted of chapters 1, 2, and 3, all published in the same issue.] Chapter III. Proud of you, … [Read more...] about Pet Perennials, no. 1 chapter 3 [by Patty Parsley (Menie Parkes), 24 September 1859]
Pet Perennials, no. 1 chapter 2 [by Patty Parsley (Menie Parkes), 24 September 1859]
[Editor: A short story by Menie Parkes, under the name of “Patty Parsley”. Published in The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal, 24 September 1859. This story consisted of chapters 1, 2, and 3, all published in the same issue.] Chapter II. Not in scorn do I … [Read more...] about Pet Perennials, no. 1 chapter 2 [by Patty Parsley (Menie Parkes), 24 September 1859]
Introduction (to Australian Musical Possibilities) [by Bernard O’Dowd, 1924]
[Editor: This article by Bernard O’Dowd was published as the introduction to Australian Musical Possibilities by Henry Tate (1924).] Introduction Those of us whose faith it is that Australia is the matrix of a richer humanity and a kindlier as well as more enlightened … [Read more...] about Introduction (to Australian Musical Possibilities) [by Bernard O’Dowd, 1924]
[My Dear Father] [introductory note by Menie Parkes]
[Editor: This introduction by Menie Parkes was published in Poems (1867).] [My Dear Father] My Dear Father, In offering to you a gift compiled from the ravellings of my own uneasy brain, I would not willingly be accused, in your mind, of that ugliest of human faults, … [Read more...] about [My Dear Father] [introductory note by Menie Parkes]
Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 6. The certainty of Australian prestige Because of the Hunger Period at Sydney Cove, the Botany Bay Smear was applied so strongly to New … [Read more...] about Section 6 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 5. The uncertainty of Australian prestige Australia achieved a nominal united nationhood with Federation, on 1st January, 1901. Since … [Read more...] about Section 5 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 4. Australian sycophantism For over a century after original settlement, Australian communities markedly bore the aspect of colonialism. … [Read more...] about Section 4 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 3. The Short-circuit of Tradition Immigrants who, in a raw colonial society, maintain, as well as they can, the cultural refinements of … [Read more...] about Section 3 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 2. Pre-destined social evils The Botany Bay Smear not only prejudiced opinion concerning New South Wales, but it did this in such a way … [Read more...] about Section 2 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] § 1. The Botany Bay Smear Every Australian history book tells something of the troubles at Sydney Cove, when the first settlers existed in … [Read more...] about Section 1 [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This is the preface from Because Men Went Hungry: An Essay on the Uncertainty of Australian Prestige (1951) by Rex Ingamells.] Proem Ever since its shores began to emerge from mystery into the knowledge of literate men, Australia has been the object of extremes … [Read more...] about Proem [Because Men Went Hungry, by Rex Ingamells]
Commentary [by Ian Tilbrook; re. Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: A commentary by Ian Tilbrook, critical of the position taken by Rex Ingamells in the preceding chapters of Conditional Culture (1938).] Commentary Mr. Ingamells, in assuming the role of critic on an Australian culture, has, together with his timely message, the … [Read more...] about Commentary [by Ian Tilbrook; re. Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
Chapter 4 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Conditional Culture (1938) by Rex Ingamells.] IV. The culture of the aborigines. Of Australia’s traditions I have already said something in general; and, as these and the facts of her history may readily be studied by the student, in books … [Read more...] about Chapter 4 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
Chapter 3 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Conditional Culture (1938) by Rex Ingamells.] III. Debunking nonsense. (1) The reason why Australian culture is not yet something unmistakably defined is that its individuality, its permeating essence, has been smothered with exoticisms, … [Read more...] about Chapter 3 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
Chapter 2 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Conditional Culture (1938) by Rex Ingamells.] II. Environmental Values. (1) The natural distinctiveness of the Australian continent from other lands of the world is too fundamental to vanish in the period of human history. The massive … [Read more...] about Chapter 2 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
Chapter 1 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
[Editor: This is a chapter from Conditional Culture (1938) by Rex Ingamells.] Conditional Culture I. From generation to generation. (1) The affinities of the early settlers with Australia were peculiarly trammelled by uncongenialities. They easily appreciated the … [Read more...] about Chapter 1 [Conditional Culture, by Rex Ingamells, 1938]
Chapter 6 [The Story of the Eureka Stockade, by John Lynch]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Story of the Eureka Stockade by John Lynch.] VI Character sketch: Hon. Peter Lalor Reverting now to the adventures of the Commander-in-Chief (whom I left marshalling his men when the army hove in view), we know that he received a … [Read more...] about Chapter 6 [The Story of the Eureka Stockade, by John Lynch]