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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Fortunes of Mary Fortune
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
What the Mischief Does a Bonnet Want Here? : An Introduction to Mary Fortune (Waif Wander), Lucy Sussex , single work criticism biography (p. xii-xxiii)
The Fortunes of Mary Fortune : Preface, Judith Brett , single work criticism biography (p. ix-xi)
Arrival in Melbourne, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 3-22)
Kangaroo Flat, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 23-49)
Buninyong, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 51-78)
Chinaman's Flat, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 79-102)
Inkerman, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 103-124)
Fourteen Days on the Roads, Waif Wander , single work prose humour satire
A lady's journey to Melbourne in a carrier's wagon - 10 days and 11 nights of discomfort. Descriptions of the drivers, the horse team, Benalla and the election of a shire councillor, and the approach to Melbourne are included. (PB)
(p. 127-148)
Looking for Lodgings, Waif Wander , single work prose satire
Looking for board and residence on a broiling summer day in Melbourne introduces a 'respectable female' to a curious range of houses and landladies. Contains interesting references to The Australian Journal and on the character of colonial girls. (PB)
(p. 149-166)
How I Spent Christmas, Waif Wander , single work prose
Christmas in Melbourne: the Eastern Christmas Market; Sandridge and the 'home' ships; dinner at a 'Family hotel' - and an opinionated 'Young Australia'; the waxworks; and an invigorating walk to an enjoyable solitude. (PB)
(p. 167-188)
Down Bourke Street, Waif Wander , single work prose
Melbourne's Bourke Street amid the bustle of Saturday night - the shops, the crowds, Paddy's market, street cookery and street preachery. (PB)
(p. 189-210)
Towzer and Co., Waif Wander , single work prose humour
On the three dogs observed by the author. Animal character sketch. (PB)
(p. 211-219)
The Spider and the Fly, Waif Wander , single work short story satire
On the fifty female applicants for a position of trust and the man who interviewed them at a Melbourne hotel. (PB)
(p. 221-230)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Mary Helena Fortune : An Independent Fly in the Webs of Victorian Society Tihana Klepač , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Brno Studies in English , vol. 45 no. 1 2019; (p. 129-142)

'Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833–1909) was a pioneer Australian crime fiction writer. At a time when marriage and domesticity still largely defined women's lives, in her autobiographical journalism Fortune freely admitted to being selffinancing. She claimed that her tea tasted better when she remembered that she has "earned every penny of the money that bought it." It was unusual for a Victorian woman. And as her memoirs and journalistic prose testify, Fortune was anything but usual. The story of her life, her writing, her husbands, sons and lovers is extraordinary, and was potentially dangerous for Fortune, given the hypocritical morals of the time. Thus, being fully aware of the webs the Victorian society set for independent flies, Fortune wrote under a pseudonym of Waif Wander which sheltered her, and protected her income. Her memoirs, partly fictionalised, a common Victorian genre, reveal an extraordinary woman and extraordinary times in Australian history.' (Publication abstract)

Learning All the Tricks : Critiquing Crime Fiction in a Creative Writing PhD Rachel Franks , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 37 2016;
Mary Fortune Lucy Sussex , 2004-2005 single work biography
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 11-12)
Finding Fortunes Philip Butterss , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 176-178)

— Review of The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose
Mary Strikes Gold Adrian Rawlins , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , February no. 117 1990; (p. 92-94)

— Review of The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose
Solving Fortune's Mysteries Carmel Bird , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , December vol. 1 no. 2 1989; (p. 29)

— Review of The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose
Diverse Voices Reba Gostand , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 9 no. 1 1990; (p. 58-60)

— Review of My Father's Moon Elizabeth Jolley , 1989 single work novel ; The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose ; The New Diversity : Australian Fiction : 1970-88 Ken Gelder , Paul Salzman , 1989 selected work criticism ; In the Winter Dark Tim Winton , 1988 single work novel ; City to City Laurie Clancy , 1989 selected work short story ; Flawless Jade Barbara Hanrahan , 1989 single work novel ; Eight Voices of the Eighties : Stories, Journalism and Criticism by Australian Women Writers 1989 anthology criticism extract short story autobiography correspondence prose review interview
Untitled Ken A. Stewart , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 14 no. 4 1990; (p. 525-529)

— Review of Eight Voices of the Eighties : Stories, Journalism and Criticism by Australian Women Writers 1989 anthology criticism extract short story autobiography correspondence prose review interview ; A Woman's Friendship Ada Cambridge , 1889 single work novel ; Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989 anthology correspondence biography prose autobiography short story ; The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose ; The Poet's Discovery : Nineteenth Century Australia in Verse 1990 anthology poetry biography
Southern Sleuths Frank Bren , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Editions , September no. 8-9 1990; (p. 6-7)

— Review of The Case of the Chinese Boxes Marele Day , 1993 single work novel ; The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose ; The Last Adventures of Christian Doom, Private I Robert Kenny , 1982 single work novel ; Dead Witness : Best Australian Mystery Stories 1989 anthology short story ; Sand on the Gumshoe : A Century of Australian Crime Writing 1989 anthology short story ; The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Marele Day , 1988 single work novel
Anonymous Crimes Margot Luke , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 115 1989; (p. 42)

— Review of The Fortunes of Mary Fortune Mary Fortune , 1989 selected work autobiography prose
Mary Fortune Lucy Sussex , 2004-2005 single work biography
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 11-12)
The Fortunes of Mary Fortune : Preface Judith Brett , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Fortunes of Mary Fortune 1989; (p. ix-xi)
The Waiting Game Lucy Sussex , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 24 1990; (p. 11-12)
Learning All the Tricks : Critiquing Crime Fiction in a Creative Writing PhD Rachel Franks , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 37 2016;
Mary Helena Fortune : An Independent Fly in the Webs of Victorian Society Tihana Klepač , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Brno Studies in English , vol. 45 no. 1 2019; (p. 129-142)

'Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833–1909) was a pioneer Australian crime fiction writer. At a time when marriage and domesticity still largely defined women's lives, in her autobiographical journalism Fortune freely admitted to being selffinancing. She claimed that her tea tasted better when she remembered that she has "earned every penny of the money that bought it." It was unusual for a Victorian woman. And as her memoirs and journalistic prose testify, Fortune was anything but usual. The story of her life, her writing, her husbands, sons and lovers is extraordinary, and was potentially dangerous for Fortune, given the hypocritical morals of the time. Thus, being fully aware of the webs the Victorian society set for independent flies, Fortune wrote under a pseudonym of Waif Wander which sheltered her, and protected her income. Her memoirs, partly fictionalised, a common Victorian genre, reveal an extraordinary woman and extraordinary times in Australian history.' (Publication abstract)

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