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Author Alexander, Alison, 1949- author

Title The ambitions of Jane Franklin / Alison Alexander
Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2013
©2013

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Description x, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps and portraits, some in colour ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 A girl who did not fit in -- ch. 2 The Franklin connection -- ch. 3 An occasional marriage -- ch. 4 To Van Diemen's Land -- ch. 5 The governor's lady -- ch. 6 The home front -- ch. 7 Female convicts -- ch. 8 Improving the colony -- ch. 9 The Aborigines -- ch. 10 Mount Wellington, Sydney and beyond -- ch. 11 Three women's lives -- ch. 12 The political question -- ch. 13 Jane Franklin v. John Montagu -- ch. 14 John Franklin disappears -- ch. 15 Jane Franklin's Search -- ch. 16 Family upsets -- ch. 17 Victory
Summary In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in late 18th century London, her marriage at the ripe age of 36 years to Sir John Franklin, to her many trips to far-flung locations, including Russia, the Holy Land, northern Africa, America and Australia. Once Jane Franklin married, her original ambition - to live life to the full - was joined by an equally ardent desire to make her kind and mild husband a success. Arriving in Tasmania in 1837 when Sir John became governor, she swept like a whirlwind through the colony: attempting to rid the island of snakes; establishing a scientific society and the Hobart regatta; adopting an Aboriginal girl, and sending a kangaroo to Queen Victoria
Analysis Australian
Notes "Victorian lady adventurer"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-287) and index
Notes National Biography Award of Australia, 2014
Subject Frankland, George, 1800-1838.
Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875.
Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
Robinson, George Augustus, -1866.
British -- Travel -- Foreign countries -- History -- 19th century.
Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century.
Colonial administrators -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain.
Explorers' spouses -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Explorers' spouses -- Biography.
Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century.
Governors -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography.
Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography.
Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Tasmania -- 19th century.
Women explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women explorers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women explorers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women explorers -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Women explorers -- Great Britain.
Women travelers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women travelers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women travelers -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Women -- Australia -- History.
Women -- Australia.
SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114226
Northwest Passage http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092611 -- Discovery and exploration -- British. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239
Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004483 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004483
Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2013375116
ISBN 9781742375694 (paperback)
Other Titles Ambitions of Jane Franklin : Victorian lady adventurer