More Leader stories
More Leader stories by Mary Grant Bruce appeared over the years from 1898 to 1913. Mary was then ‘Cinderella’ at Victoria’s weekend newspaper, The Leader. That’s the name of “The Children’s Column” creator. Her earliest stories appeared in that part of the paper. Later, she also had stories in the adult literature section, “Tales and Sketches”.
This table lists the 36 stories and articles which appeared in The Leader that are not listed elsewhere on this site in the Anthologies and the other Short Stories pages.
The earliest story here is ‘A Famous Property: The Heyfield Estate’. Mary’s uncle, Charles Whittakers, managed ‘Heyfield’ for Australia’s first millionaire, the cattle baron James Tyson. ‘Heyfield’ was so big that over 140 dairy farms were formed from it when it was later broken up. The remarkable fact is that it was the smallest of Tyson’s properties! More about ‘Heyfield’ station appears in The Whittakers Story.
| Title | Section | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Back Blocks Election | Tales & Sketches | 1901 |
| A Boy Hero -- A Story of the Egyptian Campaign | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| A Burglar of the Bush | Tales & Sketches | 1902 |
| A Dairy Farmer's Experience | Tales & Sketches | 1913 |
| A Daughter of the Soil | Tales & Sketches | 1907 |
| A Dead Garden | 1904 | |
| A Famous Property: The Heyfield Estate | Tales & Sketches | 1899 |
| A Pessimist | Tales & Sketches | 1904 |
| A Queer Playmate | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| A Useless Brute | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| A Wilful Woman | Christmas Supplement | 1903 |
| An Australian Show Day | ||
| Australia -- The Land of Opportunity | Supplement | 1914 |
| Carsons Jockey | Tales & Sketches | 1911 |
| Derelicts | Tales & Sketches | 1902 |
| Gardens in Boxes | The Children's Column | 1902 |
| Heverarriet: A Maiden of To-Day | Tales & Sketches | 1901 |
| In a Strange Land | Tales & Sketches | 1906 |
| In Friendship's Name | Tales & Sketches | 1902 |
| Mushrooming with Molly | Tales & Sketches | 1899 |
| My First Show | Tales & Sketches | 1905 |
| Not According to Etiquette | 1904 | |
| Picnicking to Ballarat | 1902 | |
| Reading the List | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| Some Homely Reminiscences of Our Late Queen | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| The Bodyguard | Tales & Sketches | 1909 |
| The Children's Matinee | ||
| The Cure of J.T. Tompkins | Tales & Sketches | 1904 |
| The Girl and the Burglar | Tales & Sketches | 1908 |
| The South-Street Competitions | 1904 | |
| The Vineyard of Naboth | Tales & Sketches | 1910 |
| Through the Darkness | The Children's Column | 1901 |
| Told in a Dream | Tales & Sketches | 1904 |
| What the Pipes Said | Tales & Sketches | 1906 |
| When the Dawn Came | Tales & Sketches | 1905 |
| When the Fire Came |
The table is not necessarily complete. If you can supply and prove additional information for them, please do contact us so that we can improve this page.
The Trustee of The Mary Grant Bruce Family Trust owns the copyrights to all of her short stories.