Description |
129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Our old house -- 2. The voyage out -- 3. A strange and wonderful country -- 4. To the diggings -- 5. A night alarm -- 6. New scenes -- 7. A new rush -- 8. Where was the gold? -- 9. Ups and downs -- 10. Among the mountains -- 11. Life in Buckland -- 12. The mail -- 13. Romance in real life -- 14. After many years |
Summary |
Emily Skinner - vibrant, observant, eternally young-at-heart - emigrated from Britain to Australia in 1854. Not only did she keep a ship-board journal - the story of her trip from the old world to the new - 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 world to marry her sweetheart. She evokes the 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 of the Ovens and Buckland valleys. Her simple joy at the strangeness and novelty of the young colony is evident as she brings to life the raw energy of the 'rough and ready' goldmining settlements where the population lived under canvas amidst the deep shafts and coveted claims |
Analysis |
Beechworth (Vic.) Social life and customs |
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Gold mines and mining Australia Victoria History |
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Ovens River Valley (Vic.) Social life and customs |
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Pioneers Australia Victoria Biography |
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Skinner, Emily 1831-1890 |
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Women pioneers Australia Victoria Biography |
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Beechworth (Vic.) Social life and customs |
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Emily Skinner |
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Gold mines and mining Australia Victoria History |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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Ovens River Valley (Vic.) Social life and customs |
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Pioneers Australia Victoria Biography |
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Skinner, Emily 1831-1890 |
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Social conditions |
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Women |
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Women pioneers Australia Victoria Biography |
Notes |
CIP confirmed |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Donation Anne Maguire colllection |
Subject |
Skinner, Emily, 1831-1890.
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Skinner, Emily.
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Buckland River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
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Emily Skinner -- 1831-1890
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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Ovens River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Women pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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SUBJECT |
Beechworth (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058954 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Buckland River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
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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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Ovens River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
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Ovens River (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096189
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Ovens River Valley (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010994 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Author |
Duyker, Edward.
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LC no. |
95213903 |
ISBN |
0522846521 |
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