Name/TitleCentenary gift book / edited by Frances Fraser and Nettie Palmer
Edition1st
MakerFraser, Frances
Maker RoleEditor
MakerPalmer, Nettie, 1885-1964
Maker RoleEditor
About this objectCollected short articles, poems and pictures written and illustrated by women in a book created to celebrate Victoria's centenary and highlight women's role in the development of the state.
The profits from the sale of the book were dedicated to the Fund for the memorial to the Pioneer Women.
Article include:
The women who made us, by Mary Grant Bruce
Melbourne - "The place for a village', by Frances Fraser
The country doctor, by Capel Boake
Women and art, by Eveline W. Syme
Victorian women in music, by Muriel Campbell
Early women writers of Victoria, by Georgia Rivers
Marching towards citizenship, by Alice Henry
Melba, by Muriel Campbell
Witchery wood, by A.R. Rentoul
Women's clubs, by A.A. Wheeler,
A bush surgeon, by V.L.
Medium and MaterialsOriginal boards, good condition.
Period1930-1940
PublisherRobertson & Mullens
Publication Date1934
Publication PlaceMelbourne, Vic.
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Subject and Association KeywordsVictoria
Named CollectionLibrary - Rare books
Object TypeBook
Object numberLIB 011532
Spine LabelX 994.5 FRA
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved