Favourite Australian Stories
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| Author | edited by Colin Thiele |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story anthology |
| Publisher | Rigby |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 194 pp. |
Favourite Australian Stories is an anthology of Australian short stories edited by Colin Thiele, published by Rigby in 1963.[1]
The anthology contains 23 stories which were published in a variety of original publications, from a range of authors.[2]
- "The Drover's Wife", Henry Lawson
- "The Loaded Dog", Henry Lawson
- "The Perch", Dal Stivens
- "Fishing for Eels", Alan Marshall
- "Clarkey's Dead", Alan Marshall
- "A Golden Shanty", Edward Dyson
- "The Funerals of Malachi Mooney", Edward Dyson
- "The Foal", Vance Palmer
- "The Ant-Lion", Judith Wright
- "Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo", Alan Marshall
- "The Pelican", Cecil Mann
- "The Night We Watched for Wallabies", Steele Rudd
- "It Finds Its Level", Gavin Casey
- "'Twenty Strong'", Margaret Trist
- "The School Bus Driver", E. O. Schlunke
- "Quite a Blow", Standby (R. S. Porteous)
- "Kaijek the Songman", Xavier Herbert
- "The Grown-Up Ball" ('And Women Must Weep'), Henry Handel Richardson
- "The Good Herdsman", Frank Dalby Davison
- "Country Town", Hal Porter