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A 'substantial novel thought highly of by contemporary critics, deals with the influence of an Australian pastoral property on the lives of three generations of the Weldon family'. (Source: The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 1994)
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Series:yAustralian Women's Weekly NovelAustralian Women's Weekly SupplementAustralian Consolidated Press
(publisher),
1934-1963Z12245741934-1963series - publisher These triple-column quarto supplements to the Australian Women's Weekly published novels by overseas and Australian writers - in the case of the latter, sometimes for the first and only time. The publication was variously described on the cover as 'The Australian Women's Weekly Novel'; 'A Complete Book-Length Novel'; 'A Free Supplement to the Australian Women's Weekly'and 'Supplement - Must Not Be Sold Separately'.Number in series:171
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]M. J. (fl. 1937),
1937single work column — Appears in:
All About Books,15 Aprilvol.
9no.
41937;(p. 62-63)Notes from the meeting of 15 March. A letter from Villiers (possibly when writing Cruise of the Conrad)in the United States was read. Presentations included 'The Trend of Australian Novels' by Mrs W. M. Peacock, 'The Novel and the Screen' by Tarlton Rayment, 'Where Australia Leads' (in the creation of light verse acoording to Montague Grover) and 'The Australian market for Writers' by Alan Marshall. Jago announced a new magazine to be produced in Sydney the scope of which would include "good fiction, verse of a high standard, and the work of black and white artists".
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report]M. J. (fl. 1937),
1937single work column — Appears in:
All About Books,15 Aprilvol.
9no.
41937;(p. 62-63)Notes from the meeting of 15 March. A letter from Villiers (possibly when writing Cruise of the Conrad)in the United States was read. Presentations included 'The Trend of Australian Novels' by Mrs W. M. Peacock, 'The Novel and the Screen' by Tarlton Rayment, 'Where Australia Leads' (in the creation of light verse acoording to Montague Grover) and 'The Australian market for Writers' by Alan Marshall. Jago announced a new magazine to be produced in Sydney the scope of which would include "good fiction, verse of a high standard, and the work of black and white artists".