Description |
xxii, 324 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 25 cm |
Series |
Miegunyah Press series ; no. 37 |
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Miegunyah Press series ; no. 37
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Contents |
1. Sophie La Trobe, 1839-1853 -- 2. Jane, Lady Hotham, 1854-1856 -- 3. Elizabeth, Lady Barkly, 1856-1857 -- 4. Annie, Lady Barkly, 1860-1863 -- 5. Elizabeth, Lady Darling, 1863-1866 -- 6. Georgiana, Lady Manners-Sutton (Viscountess Canterbury), 1866-1873 -- 7. Diamantina, Lady Bowen, 1873-1879 -- 8. Laura, Marchioness of Normanby, 1879-1884 -- 9. Elizabeth, Lady Loch, 1884-1889 -- 10. Hersey, Countess of Hopetoun, 1889-1895 -- 11. Sybil, Lady Brassey, 1895-1900 |
Summary |
"Carrying out the duties of a governor's wife was the pinnacle of public service for women in colonial Australia. Victoria had ten British governors during the nineteenth century, and all were married men. (One of them, Sir Henry Barkly, was married twice.) Their wives accompanied them to Melbourne as a matter of course, forced to leave behind their homes, their extended families and sometimes their school-age children." "While researching Colonial Consorts, Marguerite Hancock made extensive use of letters, diaries and family papers in libraries and archives in Switzerland, Scotland and Australia. These reveal the private feelings of eleven very different women: some longed constantly to go home; others found unexpected pleasures in their vice-regal duties, and recorded detailed and sometimes humorous reflections on colonial life."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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The Miegunyah Press |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-308) and index |
Subject |
Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Governors' spouses -- Australia -- Victoria.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1834-1900
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Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436 -- 1834-1900
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011442
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
2002391527 |
ISBN |
0522849334 |
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