| A Lady's Visit To The Gold Diggings Of Australia In 1852-53 Contributor(s): Clacy, Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: 6257058473 ISBN-13: 9786257058476 Publisher: Platanus Publishing OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Australia & Oceania |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.51 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "It may be deemed presumptuous that one of my age and sexshould venture to give to the public an account of personaladventures in a land which has so often been descanted upon byother and abler pens; but when I reflect on the many mothers, wives, and sisters in England, whose hearts are ever longing forinformation respecting the dangers and privations to whichtheir relatives at the antipodes are exposed, I cannot but hopethat the presumption of my undertaking may be pardoned inconsideration of the pleasure which an accurate description ofsome of the Australian Gold Fields may perhaps afford tomany; and although the time of my residence in the colonieswas short, I had the advantage (not only in Melbourne, butwhilst in the bush) of constant intercourse with manyexperienced diggers and old colonists-thus having everyfacility for acquiring information respecting Victoria and theother colonies. |