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Author Skinner, Emily, 1831-1890.

Title A woman on the goldfields : recollections of Emily Skinner, 1854-1878 / edited by Edward Duyker
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1995

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 W'PONDS  994.55 Ski/Wot  AVAILABLE
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
Gold mines and mining Australia Victoria History
Ovens River Valley (Vic.) Social life and customs
Pioneers Australia Victoria Biography
Skinner, Emily 1831-1890
Women pioneers Australia Victoria Biography
Beechworth (Vic.) Social life and customs
Emily Skinner
Gold mines and mining Australia Victoria History
History, 1801-1900
Ovens River Valley (Vic.) Social life and customs
Pioneers Australia Victoria Biography
Skinner, Emily 1831-1890
Social conditions
Women
Women pioneers Australia Victoria Biography
Notes CIP confirmed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Donation Anne Maguire colllection
Subject Skinner, Emily, 1831-1890.
Skinner, Emily.
Buckland River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
Emily Skinner -- 1831-1890
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
Ovens River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
Pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
Women pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
SUBJECT Beechworth (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058954 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Buckland River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1851-1891
Ovens River Region (Vic.) -- Social life and customs
Ovens River (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096189
Ovens River Valley (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010994 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Author Duyker, Edward.
LC no. 95213903
ISBN 0522846521