UID:
almafu_9960117835202883
Format:
1 online resource (vii, 302 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-10901-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Travel and exploration
Content:
Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy (1830-1901) was a clergyman's daughter who, in 1852, travelled to the Australian goldfields. Published in 1853, on her return to England, this work, the first edition of which sold out almost immediately, is essentially a guide for prospective emigrants. It includes, within the lively narrative, practical advice on the cost of living, the labour market, gold-digging regulations, and marriage prospects. Mrs Clacy published several subsequent books, but her life remains obscure. Research suggests an illegitimate pregnancy or an absconding husband, unmentioned in the upbeat and respectable narrative, but possibly echoed by the highly coloured 'tale' of an anonymous emigrant woman, whose lover (twice) leaves her pregnant at the altar to go to the goldfields, with tragic consequences. However this relates to Mrs Clacy's actual circumstances, her writing vividly depicts the mixture of opportunity and hazard in nineteenth-century Australia, illuminating the country's early social history.
Note:
Originally published: London : Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1853.
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Frontmatter -- Contents --
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Chapter i -
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Introductory remarks --
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Chapter ii - The voyage out --
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Chapter iii - Stay in Melbourne --
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Chapter iv - Camping up-Melbourne to the black forest --
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Chapter v - Camping up-Black forest to eagle hawk gully --
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Chapter vi -- The diggings --
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Chapter vii - Eagle hawk gully --
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Chapter viii - An adventure --
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Chapter ix - Harriette walters --
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Chapter x - Iron bark gully --
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Chapter xi - Forest creek --
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Chapter xii - Return to Melbourne --
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Chapter xiii - Ballarat --
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Chapter xiv - New south wales --
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Chapter xv - South australia --
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Chapter xvi - Melbourme again --
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Chapter xvii - Homeward bound --
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Chapter xviii - Conclusion --
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Appendix - who should emigrate?.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-03980-4
Language:
English
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