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1 2 y separately published work icon Orion Frances Margaret McGuire (editor), Rex Boundy (editor), 1919 Adelaide : Modern Printing , 1919-1921 Z1154672 1919 periodical

Orion's constitution stated that it was 'a magazine for the promotion of interest in Australian literature.'

1 y separately published work icon Molly's Adelaide Letters 'Sojourner' , Adelaide : Modern Printing , 1905 Z871556 1905 single work biography A series of letters from a newly-married woman, 'Molly Travers', to her maiden sister. The married woman extols the virtues of life in the city of Adelaide.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Arcadians : Sequel to Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , Adelaide : Modern Printing , 1905 Z814802 1905 single work prose satire
2 5 y separately published work icon Arcadian Adelaide Thistle Anderson , Adelaide : Modern Printing , 1905 Z814799 1905 single work prose satire

'Scottish actress Thistle Anderson's firecracker of a polemic against her adopted hometown of Adelaide, published to roars of outrage and laughter in 1905, proves beyond doubt that people of the past were - just like us - fond of a good piss-take.

'This barbed satirical spray reveals the City of Churches as 'less holy than might be supposed', with more opium dens and prostitutes per capita than Melbourne, wines that are 'the worst ever made' (!), the local men 'caricatures' with inferior facial hair, the local women 'cats'. Thistle’s fondness is reserved for the fruit, the flour, the cabmen ... and the return ticket to Melbourne.

'This hilarious little volume, intended by its author as 'a playful skit', is to be taken with a pinch of salt ... or perhaps savoured, stubbornly, with a glass of excellent Adelaide wine.'

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