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Author Lindsay, Hilarie.

Title The washerwoman's dream : the extraordinary life of Winifred Steger, 1882-1981 / Hilarie Lindsay
Published Roseville, N.S.W. : Simon and Schuster, 2002
©2002

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 MELB  305.8210943 Lin/Wdt  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 328 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Summary This the epic true story of the life of a woman of indomitable spirit set in 19th century outback Australia.. The washerwoman's dream is an epic story that could easily be the stuff of fiction. Hilarie Lindsay has meticulously researched ansd reconstructed Winifred's life through her memoirs, newspaper articles, short stories, letters, 6 published and serialized works, and 14 unpublished novels. Ths is the account of the amazing life of a forgotten Australian writer and a woman with an indomitable spirit. -- Cover
Notes Previous ed.: 2002
Bibliography Bibliography pages 321-326
Subject Steger, Winifred, 1882-1981.
Steger, Winifred, 1882-1981 -- Travel.
Women authors, Australian -- Biography.
Authors, Australian -- Biography.
Women pioneers -- Australia -- Biography.
Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography.
Women -- Australia -- Queensland.
Muslims -- Australia -- Biography.
Cameleers -- Australia -- Biography.
British -- Australia -- Biography.
English -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
British -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Immigrant children -- Australia -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Australia -- Biography.
Cameleers -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
SUBJECT Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biography
ISBN 0731810929 :
9780731810925 (paperback)