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A woman on the goldfields
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A woman on the goldfields Paperback - 1995

by Edward Duyker


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  • Title A woman on the goldfields
  • Author Edward Duyker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Melbourne University, Carlton, Victoria
  • Date 1995-09-01
  • ISBN 9780522846522 / 0522846521
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.3 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.76 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
    • Cultural Region: Oceania
  • Library of Congress subjects Skinner, Emily, Pioneers - Australia - Victoria - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95213903
  • Dewey Decimal Code 994.55

About the author

Edward Duyker is a full-time writer and historian. His books include Tribal Guerrillas, The Dutch in Australia, An Officer of the Blue and The Discovery of Tasmania. He is co-editor of Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782.
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A Woman On The Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878
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A Woman On The Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878

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Paperback / softback. New. <p>Emily Skinner, vibrant, observant, eternally young-at-heart, emigrated from Britain to Australia in 1854. Not only did she keep a ship-board journal, she later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a miner's wife.</p><p>Here, published for the first time, is Emily's account of a voyage half-way around the word to marry her sweetheart. She evokes wild storms, sea sickness, the malaise and boredom, the gossip and intrigue. Her impressions of the young town of Melbourne follow, as well as her recollections of what is now the town of Beechworth and the surrounding goldfields.</p><p>Emily reaches across the years with her vivid descriptions contrasting the realities in her workday life—cooking, washing, childminding—with the wild dreams and aspirations of the miners. This personable account speaks to every reader as a refreshing and energetic story… Read More
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Woman on the Goldfields, A: Recollections of Emily Skinner, 1854-1878

Woman on the Goldfields, A: Recollections of Emily Skinner, 1854-1878

by Emily Skinner; Edward Duyker (ed.)

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Melbourne University Press, 1995. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE!. AUSTRALIANA129 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.  First Edition. #250323Emily Skinner - vibrant, observant, eternally young-at-heart - emigrated from Britain to Australia in 1854. Not only did she keep a ship-board journal - the story of her trip from the old world to the new - she later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a miner's wife. Here, published for the first time, is Emily's account of a voyage half-way around the world to marry her sweetheart. She evokes the wild storms, sea sickness, the malaise and boredom, the gossip and intrigue. Her impressions of the young town of Melbourne follow, as well as her recollections of what is now the town of Beechworth and the surrounding goldfields of the Ovens and Buckland valleys. Her simple joy at the strangeness and novelty of the young colony is evident as she brings to life the raw energy of the 'rough and ready' goldmining settlements where the population lived under canvas… Read More
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A Woman on the Goldfields. Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878.

by Duyker, Edward (editor); Skinner, Emily.

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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1995. 129pp, notes, few bw ills. Dark green cloth in jacket. Very light foxing to top edge. Emily Skinner not only kept a shipboard journal on her voyage to Australia in 1854, but later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a gold miner's wife. Her impressions of a young Melbourne are follwoed by her recollections of what is now Beechworth and the surrounding goldfields of the Ovens Valley.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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