Honora Frances Kelly Honora Frances Kelly i(A29616 works by)
Also writes as: Bundarrania
Born: Established: 7 Apr 1848 Barraba, Manilla - Barraba - Bundarra area, New England, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: Jul 1898 Stoney Creek Station, New England, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 'King Jimmy' (Colonial Idyll of the King) i "Upon his bare breast's sable plain,", Honora Frances Kelly , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 22-24)
1 y separately published work icon Stoney Creek : the collected works of Honora Frances Kelly (pen name 'Bundarrania') 1848-1898 Honora Frances Kelly , Sydney : New Century Press , 1965 Z11960 1965 selected work poetry
1 Song of the Australian 'Edelweiss' (Dedicated to Ellis Rowan) i "Perfumed silence, peace primeval,", Honora Frances Kelly , 1892 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 7 May vol. 44 no. 1164 1892; (p. 20)
1 Sunbeams : Two Sketches Bundarrania , 1870 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 6 no. 65 1870; (p. 102-103)
In one mansion a young wife and mother lies dead, never recovering from the shock of the death of the husband disapproved by her father. In the other mansion lies the contented wife and mother with her husband reading to her, secure in motherhood and not a bluestocking. (PB)
1 What Spoiled My Taste for Fishing Bundarrania , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 31 October vol. 4 no. 166 1868; (p. 156-157)
Set on a station near Muswell Brook on Christmas Eve 1848, the narrator is nearly killed while on a night fishing expedition. His wound leads him to the lady he eventually marries - one of his nurses. (PB)
1 The Token Bundarrania , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 16 May vol. 3 no. 142 1868; (p. 604-606)
Grace Winyard gives Fred Everleigh a bible and a white rose as a token of her love as he leaves Somersetshire to try his fortune in Australia. Eight years elapse in which time Fred loses his property, his name and eventually his life. Grace waits patiently until she hears of his death and slowly picks up her own life. (PB)
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