Full title: Short stories of Australia : the moderns / chosen with an introduction by Beatrice Davis.

Author/creator: Davis, Beatrice, 1909-1992.

Date: [1967]..

Call Numbers: A823.08/55A1, JFR/015315, T0349251

Record Identifier: 74VM55GlgRmZ

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xiv, 305 p. ; 23 cm., Because of the Rusilla / Mena Abdullah and Ray Mathew -- Forgive us our trespass / James Aldridge -- The rector's wife tempts the bishop with a brew of Nyppe / Ethel Anderson -- The persimmon-tree / Marjorie Barnard -- Come on, Billy / David Campbell -- That day at Brown Lakes / Gavin Casey -- The pilgrimage year / D.E. Charlwood -- The tractor / Peter Cowan -- The wowser / Thelma Forshaw -- The cost of things / Elizabeth Harrower -- In one's own house / Shirley Hazzard -- The Corvidae / Alwyn Lee -- The pelican / Cecil Mann -- Trees can speak / Alan Marshall -- A real lie / Ray Mathew -- Burning off / Helen Meggs -- Goyai / John Morrison -- Francis Silver / Hal Porter -- Clara / Roland E. Robinson -- A schoolie and a ghost / David Rowbotham -- A really splendid evening / Lesley Rowlands -- The beautiful pattern / Olaf Ruhen -- A list of all the people / Peter Shrubb -- The three jolly foxes / Dougals Stewart -- The pepper-tree / Dal Stivens -- Uncle Patrick was a scholar / Margaret Trist -- Mother / Judith Waten -- A glass of tea / Patrick White -- The weight of a man / Amy Witting -- The ant-lion / Judith Wright.

Publishers: [Sydney] : Angus and Robertson, [1967].

Notes: Includes index of authors. Transferred from: N828.99943/10.

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DDC: 823.94

MMS ID: 991003836549702626