Elsie R. Masson Elsie R. Masson i(A135272 works by) (birth name: Elsie Rosaline Masson)
; Died: Ceased: 1935
Gender: Female
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1 The Loss Elsie R. Masson , 1919 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australasian , 15 November vol. 107 no. 2798 1919; (p. 1068-1069)
1 Blackfellows and Murder Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 160-181) Masson recounts the experiences of a group of Aboriginal people taken from their camp to the Court House in Darwin to appear as witnesses or accused in a murder trial. Masson considers how well justice was actually served under the circumstances, and proceeds to consider the future for the white, Chinese and Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory.
1 The Blackfellow Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 149-159)
1 Up the Roper River Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 132-148) Elsie Masson journeys up the Roper River on the Stuart, which calls in at the Roper River Mission, Paddy's Lagoon Station, and a township along the way. The experience prompts Elsie to ponder the future for Aboriginal people, and to praise the hardiness of the people living in the area.
1 Port Essington and its Ruins Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work autobiography
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 120-131) Having visited the long-abandoned failed settlement, Port Essington, Elsie Masson reflects upon the folly of the bureaucrats who administered the settlement, and the deprivations and hardships endured by its colonial inhabitants.
1 Oenpelli, a Buffalo-Hunter's Home Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 100-119) Elsie Masson discusses the buffalo hunters of the Northern Territory, in particular, the renowned Paddy Cahill. She describes a delightful and adventurous journey on which she accompanied a party whose destination was the Roper River, but who also intended to visit Paddy Cahill and his wife at their home, Oenpelli Station.
1 By Motor-Car to Umdidu Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 84-99) Elsie Masson writes of her experience travelling forty-one hazardous miles by car on a barely discernible bush track at a time when many residents of the Northern Territory had never even seen a car.
1 Out Bush Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose travel
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 68-83) A rail trip through all the little settlements of the Northern Territory is an adventure of sights, sounds and people.
1 Undercurrents Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 51-67) An observation on the cosmopolitan nature of Darwin, with a particular focus on Japanese people and the pearling industry, and the 'collection of tortoise-shell'.
1 The Servant Question Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 42-50) Whilst Elsie Masson laments that it is so difficult and expensive to secure reliable domestic servants in the Northern Territory, she also acknowledges the cheery disposition of those Chinese people and Aborigines who are employed.
1 A Woman's Life in Darwin Elsie R. Masson , 1915 single work prose
— Appears in: An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia 1915; (p. 25-41) A description of what women experience when they relocate to, and live in, Darwin.
1 5 y separately published work icon An Untamed Territory : The Northern Territory of Australia Elsie R. Masson , London : Macmillan , 1915 Z1717484 1915 selected work prose autobiography
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