| Description |
335 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
The Ghost upon the rail (1859) / John George Lang -- The Dead witness, or, The Bush waterhold (1866) / Mary Fortune -- Pretty Dick (1873) / Marcus Clarke -- Monsieur Caloche (1889) / Jessie Courvreur -- The Golden shanty (1890) / Edward Dyson -- Parson Ford's confessional (1892) / William Astley -- Far inland football (1893) / John Arthur Barry -- Dad and the Donovans (1889) / Arthur Hoey David -- Brighten's sister-in-law / Henry Lawson -- Billy Skywonkie / Barbara Baynton -- The Curse / Katharine Susannah Prichard |
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Cont. Conversation in a pantry (1934) / Ethel Robertson -- The Lottery (1943) / Marjorie Barnard -- Miss Slatery and her demon lover (1964) / Patrick White -- Party Forty-two and Mrs. Brewer / Hal Porter -- The Children (1972) / John Morrison -- Street idyll (1974) / Christina Stead -- The Words she types (1975_ / Michael Wilding -- A Gentleman's agreement (1976) / Elizabeth Jolley -- The Last days of a famous mime (1979) / Peter Carey -- Pride and joy (1979) / Morris Lurie -- On the train (1982) / Olga Masters -- The dark, the light (1985) / Helen Garner -- Caffe Veneto (1985) / Beverley Farmer -- Franacois and the fishbone incident (1985) / Frank Moorhouse -- Neighbours / Tim Winton -- After long absence / Janette Turner Hospital -- Belladonna gardens (1988) / Marion Halligan |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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English fiction Short stories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Short stories, Australian.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114320
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Lord, Mary, 1929-
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| LC no. |
92103134 |
| ISBN |
0140139168 |
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