| Description |
304 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Second Miegunyah Press series ; no. 18 |
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Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 18
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| Summary |
"A former Parisian courtesan, circus performer and dancer, Celeste de Chabrillan scandalised Melbourne society when she arrived in 1854 as the wife of the French Consul. These memoirs give a vivid first-hand account of the two-and-a-half years she spent in gold-rush Victoria."--BOOK JACKET. "Celeste's arrival in Melbourne was preceded by the publication of her earlier memoirs describing her illegitimate birth, miserable adolescence and celebrity career as courtesan, bare-back rider and polka dancer. She had believed the book would never reach Australia but it went on sale just before she arrived. As a result she was dubbed the consul's 'harlot spouse' and ostracised by polite society."--BOOK JACKET |
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"Despite this, Celeste did not avoid the public gaze and continued to employ her literary talents. These memoirs are of a life spent in the village of St. Kilda, the diplomatic and Government House circle and the Ballarat gold fields. The exotic dancer Lola Montez, the actor/entrepreneur George Coppin and the pioneer photographer Antoine Fauchery are among the historical figures portrayed by a writer who is revealed as a woman of great energy and wilful temperament."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Notes |
Translation from the French: 'Deuil au bout du monde' |
| Subject |
Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909.
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Chabrillan, Celeste de, 1824-1909
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Chabrillan, Celeste, comtesse de, 1824-1909
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Actors -- France -- Biography.
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Women authors, French -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1851-1891
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Allen, Jeanne, 1957-
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Clancy, P. A.
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| LC no. |
98221547 |
| ISBN |
0522847757 |
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