[Editor: This poem by Louisa Lawson was published in “The Lonely Crossing” and Other Poems (1905).] The Squatter’s Wife. Some years ago a squatter, while on a visit to the city, married a beautiful and gifted girl, who accompanied him to his home in the bush, to find, on … [Read more...] about The Squatter’s Wife [poem by Louisa Lawson]
women's issues
A Woman’s Letter: News from the South [9 April 1929]
[Editor: These items are extracts from the “A Woman’s Letter” section, published in The Cairns Post (Cairns, Qld.), 9 April 1929.] A Woman’s Letter. News from the South. Melbourne, April 4. The new President of the Housewives’ Association of Victoria, Mrs. Percy … [Read more...] about A Woman’s Letter: News from the South [9 April 1929]
A foreword [by Mary Gilmore, 2 January 1908]
[Editor: This article by Mary Gilmore was published in “A Women’s Column” (“Conducted by Mary Gilmore”), in The Worker (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 2 January 1908.] A foreword. There is an idea with some (men and women alike) that The Worker is peculiarly a man’s paper, and that … [Read more...] about A foreword [by Mary Gilmore, 2 January 1908]