| Description |
xiii, 148 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. From Siebenlehn to Australia. 1. Three women and one man. 2. The hard road -- Pt. II. Ten Years in Australia. 3. 'Something new and interesting at every step'. 4. 'The highest trees in the world'. 5. Of Kanakas, Papuans and Aborigines. 6. The tree kangaroo. 7. A fairytale world. 8. The journey home -- Pt. III. Science and the Literary Imagination. 9. Mother and daughter. 10. Amalie Dietrich. A Life |
| Summary |
Biography of German naturalist Amalie Dietrich who spent ten years in northern Queensland assembling a major botanical, zoological and anthropological collection for a private museum in Hamburg, this collection included Aboriginal remains; book attempts to separate the scientist from the fictional heroine; divided into three parts - first deals with Dietrichs early life in Germany and her marriage, second gives an account of her travels in Australia, and the third analyses the relationship between Dietrich and her daughter and the creation of Dietrich as a semi-fictional heroine |
| Analysis |
Dietrich, Amalie 1821-1891 |
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Naturalists Australia Biography |
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Naturalists Germany Biography |
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Dietrich, Amalie, 1821-1891 |
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Naturalists. Australia. Biography |
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Naturalists. Germany. Biography |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [142]-146) and index |
| Notes |
Donation Anne Maguire collection |
| Subject |
Dietrich, Amalie, 1821-1891.
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Dietrich, Amelie
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Naturalists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Women travelers -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
94236708 |
| ISBN |
0868401978 |
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