Ravenous ants and lazy lizards : life of an outback padre / by James Anderson, 2026

Foreword -- Editor's Notes -- Note on the Armours Presbyterian connections -- Doris Armour's Front Page -- John Armour's Front Pages -- December — 1918 -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- Note on "Mitchell Home squabble" -- September -- A talk or Talks -- October -- Notes for furlough meetings -- Lyrics -- Prayer to open a meeting -- November -- Another prayer -- 9 Sunday. School & service 7-30. Temperance Sunday. -- Address to a Girls Guild -- Prayer to open a Girls guild meeting -- An Intercessory Prayer -- Report on Assembly attendance -- A prayer to open a meeting -- December -- Order of Worship -- January — 1920 -- February -- March -- April -- Note on 'The Grindell case' and the Armours -- May -- June -- July -- August -- The Final Years 1921 — 1924 -- Appendices -- 1/ The Armours and the Smith of Dunesk mission. -- 1.1 Origins: -- 1.2 Racism: -- 1.3 John's theological development: -- Concluding questions and comments: -- Note on "influenza". -- 2/ Short Biographies of John and Doris -- 3/ Text of songs or recitations in the diaries. -- 3.1 Recitation — Merchant of Venice and Regic -- 3.2 Recitation — Mulligan [Mulligan's mare] -- 3.3 Song — "Joybells" -- 3.4 Recitation — "Last Token" -- 3.5 Song — "Plumstones" -- 3.6 Recitation — "Marriella" -- 3.7 Song — "Coming Home" -- 4/ Advertising for the Plays of Rev. John Armour. -- 4.1 "Queen Esther" -- 4.2 "London Fog" -- 4.3 "Polly Perkins" -- 4.4 "Joseph and his Brethren" -- 4.5 "Hearts of the World" -- 5/ Additional note on Returning Soldiers. -- 6/ Incidental events -- 6.1 Robbed -- 6.2 Weather -- 6.3 Ants -- 6.4 First Nations communities(s) -- 6.5 John Armour's literary place. -- 7/ A.I.M. deaconess-nurses -- Bibliography -- Index.