Title Tiger lilies : women adventurers in the South Pacific / Shirley Fenton Huie

Published North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1990

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Description 218 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm Contents Feminia : Mary Muller -- A blue serge skirt : Constance Cumming -- Learning to earn : Mary Taylor Summary Stories of European women in the Pacific as explorers, missionary wives, businesswomen, botanists; mention of Aborigines in stories of Rose de Freycinet on Western Australian coast, and meeting children in Sydney with Governor Macquarie, and botanist Amalie Dietrich rescued from drowning near Rockhampton by Aborigines Notes Bibliography; p. 208-215 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 208-215 Notes Donation Anne Maguire colllection Subject Adventure and adventurers -- Oceania -- History. Women adventurers -- Oceania -- Biography. Women travelers -- Oceania -- Biography. Women travelers -- Oceania -- History. SUBJECT Oceania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 90153946 ISBN 0207165920

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