A Woman on the Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878 (Australian Lives Series) - Softcover

Skinner, Emily; Duyker, Edward

 
9780522846522: A Woman on the Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878 (Australian Lives Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0522846521 ISBN 13: 9780522846522
Verlag: Melbourne University Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Emily Skinner, vibrant, observant, eternally young-at-heart, emigrated from Britain to Australia in 1854. Not only did she keep a ship-board journal, she later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a miner's wife.

Here, published for the first time, is Emily's account of a voyage half-way around the word to marry her sweetheart. She evokes wild storms, sea sickness, the malaise and boredom, the gossip and intrigue. Her impressions of the young town of Melbourne follow, as well as her recollections of what is now the town of Beechworth and the surrounding goldfields.

Emily reaches across the years with her vivid descriptions contrasting the realities in her workday life—cooking, washing, childminding—with the wild dreams and aspirations of the miners. This personable account speaks to every reader as a refreshing and energetic story of a pioneering life which was tough and rigorous but always embraced.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Edward Duyker is a full-time writer and historian. His books include Tribal Guerrillas,The Dutch in Australia, An Officer of the Blue and The Discovery of Tasmania. He is co-editor of Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753–1782.

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Verlag
Melbourne University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0522846521
ISBN 13 
9780522846522
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
140
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