Laura Palmer-Archer Explained

Laura Palmer-Archer
Birth Name:Laura Maude O'Ferrall
Pseudonym:Bushwoman
Notable Works:A Bush Honeymoon and other stories
Birth Date:1864
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Belgrave, Victoria, Australia

Laura Maude Palmer-Archer (1864 – 8 June 1929) was an Australian short story writer, who mainly wrote using the pseudonym "Bushwoman". She is best known for her 1904 book, A Bush Honeymoon and other stories.

Palmer-Archer was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1864 to parents of Irish heritage. One of her brothers, Ernest O'Ferrall, was a short story writer and poet, who wrote as "Kodak" for The Bulletin.[1]

In 1888 Palmer-Archer married Tom Palmer-Archer and moved with him to a property in outback Queensland. Many of her stories a based on her first-hand experience of rural life.

Palmer-Archer wrote short stories for The Australasian, the first appearing in November 1894[2] and the last in December 1928.[3] Her first book of collected stories, Racing in the Never-Never and other stories.[4]

Her 1904 book, A Bush Honeymoon and other stories, was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin.[5] It was a compilation of stories previously published in The Australasian (Melbourne) and the Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales).[6] In the Foreword, Rolf Boldrewood said:

In the 1920s she began to write poems for children which were published regularly in The Australasian[7] [8] and also recited on radio by "Mary Gumleaf" as "Kiddyosities".[9] [10]

Palmer-Archer died in hospital in Belgrave, Victoria on 8 June 1929.[11] [12]

Works

A number of her short stories may be found on The Australian Newspaper Fiction Database.[13] She was incorrectly attributed as "Miss Archer", author of the novel, Mr Moore, which was serialised in the Sydney Mail in 1880.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. News: 13 June 1929. Personal. 5. The Herald (Melbourne). 16,246. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 17 November 2021.
  2. News: 24 November 1894. The Bushman. LVII. 23. The Australasian. 1495. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 18 November 2021.
  3. News: 15 December 1928. "Laughin' Portheen an' th' Fairies". CXXV. 85. The Australasian. 4,171. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 18 November 2021.
  4. News: 24 December 1898. Miscellaneous Works. LXV. 50. The Australasian. 1708. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 18 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Laura M. Palmer-Archer. 2021-11-17. AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. en.
  6. Web site: Palmer-Archer. Laura M.. 1904. A Bush Honeymoon and other stories. 2021-11-17. Colonial Australian Popular Fiction.
  7. News: 7 August 1926. The Fairies' Breakfast Bell. CXXI. 68 (Metropolitan Edition). The Australasian. 4,049. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 18 November 2021.
  8. News: 4 September 1926. The Cherry-Blossom Fairies. CXXI. 3 (Metropolitan Edition). The Australasian. 4,053. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 18 November 2021.
  9. Web site: 1926-09-23. Melbourne Chatter. 2021-11-18. Trove. en.
  10. 1926-09-23. Melbourne Chatter. The Bulletin. 47. 28. Trove.
  11. News: 22 June 1929. Family Notices. CXXVI. 17 (Metropolitan Edition). The Australasian. 4,198. Victoria, Australia. National Library of Australia. 17 November 2021.
  12. News: 19 June 1929. About People. LXXXVII. 12 (Daily). The Examiner (Tasmania). 143. Tasmania, Australia. National Library of Australia. 17 November 2021.
  13. Web site: Search for fiction in Australian newspapers: Laura Palmer-Archer. 2021-11-17. To be continued . . ..
  14. News: Archer. Miss. 24 July 1880. Fiction: Mr. Moore. XXX. 150. The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. 1046. New South Wales, Australia. National Library of Australia. 20 November 2021.
  15. Web site: Palmer-Archer, Laura M. – Author. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701064522/https://www.apfa.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000087b.htm. 2021-07-01. 2021-11-19. Colonial Australian Popular Fiction. en-gb.

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