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Capel Boake Capel Boake i(A8643 works by) (birth name: Doris Boake Kerr)
Also writes as: Stephen Grey
Born: Established: 29 Aug 1889 Summer Hill, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 5 Jun 1944 Caulfield, Caulfield - St Kilda area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 Capel Boake (Doris Boake Kerr) Capel Boake , 2018 single work biography
— Appears in: Many Such as She : Victorian Australian Women Poets of World War One 2018; (p. 140-142)
1 y separately published work icon The Selected Poems of Capel Boake Capel Boake , Lower Ferntree Gully : John Kirtley , 1949 Z141976 1949 selected work poetry
2 4 y separately published work icon The Twig Is Bent Capel Boake , 1946 single work novel historical fiction
1 The Sad Case of Miss Brown Capel Boake , 1939 single work short story
— Appears in: Bohemia : The All-Australian Literary Magazine , April no. 1 1939; (p. 16)
1 The Last Song Capel Boake , 1938 single work short story
— Appears in: The News , 13 May 1938; (p. 8)
1 5 y separately published work icon The Dark Thread Capel Boake , London : Hutchinson , 1936 Z88373 1936 single work novel
1 Birth of a Novel : The Spinning of 'The Dark Thread' Capel Boake , 1936 single work essay
— Appears in: The Healesville Guardian , 20 June 1936; (p. 3) Capel Boake discusses how she came to write her novel.
1 The Country Doctor Capel Boake , 1934 single work short story
— Appears in: Centenary Gift Book 1934; (p. 67-70)
1 Roads i "They take the coast in a swinging stride,", Capel Boake , 1932 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 19 March vol. 132 no. 4341 1932; (p. 49)
1 Desire i "Down where the purple iris blows,", Capel Boake , 1932 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 22 October vol. 133 no. 4372 1932; (p. 45)
1 Christmas Lilies i "I used to watch, oh, long ago,", Capel Boake , 1932 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 17 December vol. 133 no. 4380 1932; (p. 44)
1 Anzac Day i "The scarlet poppy burns again,", Capel Boake , 1930 single work poetry
— Appears in: Victorian Readers : Seventh Book 1930; (p. 74-75) Victorian Readers : Seventh Book 1940; (p. 86-87) Benalla Ensign , 28 April 1944; (p. 4) Silence into Song : An Anthology of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 100-101) Many Such as She : Victorian Australian Women Poets of World War One 2018; (p. 144-145)
1 Jenny Capel Boake , 1930 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 21 June no. 3273 1930; (p. 16)
1 Rose Aylmer Capel Boake , 1930 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australasian , 22 March vol. 128 no. 4237 1930; (p. 45-46)
1 Quicksilver Capel Boake , 1928 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 28 January no. 3148 1928; (p. 49)
1 The Open Door Capel Boake , 1928 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times Annual , 6 October no. 3184 1928; (p. 41, 58)
1 Scarlet Hibiscus Capel Boake , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times Annual , 1 October 1927; (p. 37, 62)
1 Strawberry Farm Capel Boake , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 6 August no. 3023 1927; (p. 49)
1 The Wooing of Betty Capel Boake , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekly Times , 5 March no. 3001 1927; (p. 47)
1 Wheat i "From the farm and from the homestead, from every Mallee town,", Capel Boake , 1926 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australasian , 16 January vol. 120 no. 4020 1926; (p. 162) The School Paper : Grades V and VI , June no. 349 1928; (p. 72-73) Victorian Readers : Fifth Book 1930; (p. 182) Victorian Readers : Fifth Book 1940; (p. 151)
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