'Black Mary' 'Black Mary' i(A124835 works by)
Gender: Unknown
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 The Black Fear 'Black Mary' , 1930 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 1 May 1930; (p. 6) Aboriginal woman painted like skeleton for a corroboree seeks refuge with white family when her husband, intoxicated with opium, threatens to kill her, first knocking father over in kitchen, then hiding till daylight under a son's bed.
1 The Tale of a Head 'Black Mary' , 1930 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 20 February 1930; (p. 6) German bone collector asks aboriginal helper to find him another head after unearthing a skeleton, and is presented with fresh head of another aboriginal. Provider, unable to see what he has done wrong in fulfilling white man's request, is eventually tried and freed.
X