Volume 23 No. 4 — 1 October 2008

Mary of Kilmore

Keith McKenry

Abstract

From an unattributed typescript in the Russel Ward Manuscript Collection MS 7576, series 12, folder 6, National Library of Australia, and reproduced by permission of National Library of Australia. (NB: The punctuation and spelling given below are that on the original typescript.)

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Published 1 November 2008 in Volume 23 No. 4. Subjects: Courtship, Elopement, Gambling, Insanity, Marriage.

Cite as: McKenry, Keith. ‘Mary of Kilmore.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 23, no. 4, 2008, doi: 10.20314/als.bbd4e074e6.

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