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Out among the People [column extracts, 16 May 1935]

14 July 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These items are extracts from the “Out among the People” section, published in The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), 16 May 1935.] Out among the People By Vox The death in England of Mr. Arthur Lungley at the age of 88 reminded Mr. Albert Cope to tell me yesterday … [Read more...] about Out among the People [column extracts, 16 May 1935]

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Out of other days: Memory lays invisible hands [by P. I. O’Leary, 19 July 1944]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by P. I. O’Leary was published in the “Books & Bookmen” column in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 19 July 1944. It was the last article O’Leary wrote (he died on 21 July 1944).] Out of other days Memory lays invisible hands A recent death which … [Read more...] about Out of other days: Memory lays invisible hands [by P. I. O’Leary, 19 July 1944]

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Sydney sixty years since [by Clarinda Sarah Thom (Menie Parkes), 13 April 1910]

6 December 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article by by Clarinda Sarah Thom (Menie Parkes), giving her childhood reminiscences of Sydney (NSW). Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 1910.] Sydney sixty years since. A different Sydney indeed. No trams, no trains, no bridges, no mountain … [Read more...] about Sydney sixty years since [by Clarinda Sarah Thom (Menie Parkes), 13 April 1910]

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