Frances Fraser and Nettie Palmer (eds), Centenary Gift Book, 1934.

In my desire to own the complete works of Mary Grant Bruce, I have just tracked down a fundraising booklet produced in 1934 for Women’s Centenary Council (of Victoria).  The booklet states that the Council would be devoted to a fund for a memorial to pioneer women, and the internet ( Read more... )

https://studio.youtube.com/video/X8E8_jqR7mc/edit

A review of one of Mary Grant Bruce's amazing Billabong books.  Featuring a 1924 novel, environmental destruction, Irish immigration, romance and crazed stockmen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGSZsL2Jsws

Highly topical post about *Back to Billabong* 1921, including feasts and pandemics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NU2_QmGok

https://studio.youtube.com/video/jPjCOREiSUQ/edit

After grappling with it for a while, I decided that I can't yet figure out how to send notifications on youtube...but here is the latest on Mary Grant Bruce.

It features world war one, the Irish question and banter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTgG4bnMwzU

Just launching my analysis of the fourth of the Billabong books by Mary Grant Bruce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAG4XUUEkM

I can think of only one book I have read that referenced the 1919 flu epidemic as a contemporary event ( Read more... )

1, I am really enjoying the television series of *Tomorrow, When the War Began*. I understand the criticisms of it falling in the yellow peril genre, but what I really want is the *Billabong* series to be made into a TV series and since that’s never going to happen (because it is racist in that special 1910-1940 way) I’m happy to have *Tomorrow, ( Read more... )

What with the centennial of Gallipoli, it seems like a good time to reread Mary Grant Bruce’s war trilogy - From Billabong to London (1915), Jim and Wally (1915) and Captain Jim (1916 ( Read more... )