Waif Wander Waif Wander i(A36578 works by)
Writing name for: Mary Fortune
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1 y separately published work icon Bridget's Locket and Other Mysteries Waif Wander , St Lucia : Corella Press , 2019 17438532 2019 selected work short story
1 My Friend the Agent Waif Wander , 1909 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian , 25 September vol. 87 no. 2269 1909; (p. 821)
1 Achernar: A Dream i "Spirit of the southern skies –", Waif Wander , 1907 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 23 March vol. 82 no. 2138 1907; (p. 714)
1 Coolnabine! i "Oh, Coolnabine no more my foot", Waif Wander , 1907 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 17 August vol. 83 no. 2159 1907; (p. 436)
1 A Legend of Bruges i "Good Father John was blind and old-", Waif Wander , 1907 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 18 May vol. 82 no. 2146 1907; (p. 1194)
1 1 Boronia i "Welcome, awed Spring, but not for wealth", Waif Wander , 1907 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 28 September vol. 83 no. 2165 1907; (p. 818)
1 ‘Missa Est’: An Easter Story Waif Wander , 1906 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advocate , 14 April (p. 2)
1 Kathleen's Vocation Waif Wander , 1906 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advocate , 22 December (p. 4)
1 Swear Not At All: A Christmas Story Waif Wander , 1904 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advocate , 24 December (p. 2)
1 The Lilies of Forgiveness Waif Wander , 1904 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 2 April no. 1808 1904; (p. 5-6)
3 Noel. Or Love and War Waif Wander , 1904 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 2 January no. 1795 1904; (p. 5) The Weekly Times , 9 January no. 1796 1904; (p. 5-6)
1 Nora's Novena: A Christmas Story Waif Wander , 1903 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advocate , 26 December (p. 1)
1 Go Back in Dreams i "Go back in dreams to the land of youth", Waif Wander , 1903 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advocate (Burnie) 1903; (p. 24)

The poem opens with Waif Wander speaking to the reader: that he should go back in dreams to a time where he was a boy, where he courted his loving bride, to where his children were born and his parents died...and then he is now ageing fast and quick, meeting not a grave but the Land of Green where 'Christ is King'...
1 Our Wattle Bloom i "Oh where is a fairer land than ours?", Waif Wander , 1903 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 7 November no. 1787 1903; (p. 2)
1 Three Jacks Waif Wander , 1903 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 3 October no. 1783 1903; (p. 6)
1 A Haunted Man Waif Wander , 1903 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 1 August no. 1773 1903; (p. 6-7)
1 y separately published work icon To Dear Mrs. Furlong in Memory of a White Dove i "The warm sun shimmered on the sea;", Waif Wander , Melbourne : Mary Fortune , 1900-1910 Z1003894 1900-1910 single work poetry
1 The Family Secret Waif Wander , 1900 single work short story
— Appears in: The McIvor Times [Supplement] , 19 April 1900; (p. 3)
1 A Dream of Lilies Waif Wander , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 31 no. 371 1896; (p. 359-362) A reminiscence of gold digging in Victoria. The original four mates are split when one is turned out for dishonesty. Unease is caused when he returns at the same time as David Chance brings his simple young 17-year-old daughter up from Melbourne. She wanders often, searching for lilies her mother told her about in England, and falls in love with the youngest mate. The dishonest partner robs the father one night after he has been working on a particularly rich smelting - taking the gold and striking the daughter in his exit. She dies from the blow and the thief dies when he accidentally stumbles into their 60 foot mine shaft. Interesting in relation to the descriptions of smelting, direction of the gold reef etc. Also the young girl's dawning affection. (PB)
1 Only One Love Waif Wander , 1895 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 30 no. 359 1895; (p. 419) An old mirror in a second-hand furniture shop recalls the years passed with a beautiful happy girl, her engagement, the enlistment and death of her lover as a soldier and the grief and resignation she experienced. The mirror praises her constancy in never marrying again, tending to the poor and sick. (PB)
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