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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (316 pages) , digital, PDF file(s)

ISBN: 9781139109017

Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania

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

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781108039802

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108039802

Language: English

DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139109017

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Format: 1 online resource (316 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781139109017 (ebook)

Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania

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: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781108039802

Language: English

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139109017

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Format: 1 online resource (vii, 302 pages) : , 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. , Frontmatter -- Contents -- , Chapter i - , Introductory remarks -- , Chapter ii - The voyage out -- , Chapter iii - Stay in Melbourne -- , Chapter iv - Camping up-Melbourne to the black forest -- , Chapter v - Camping up-Black forest to eagle hawk gully -- , Chapter vi -- The diggings -- , Chapter vii - Eagle hawk gully -- , Chapter viii - An adventure -- , Chapter ix - Harriette walters -- , Chapter x - Iron bark gully -- , Chapter xi - Forest creek -- , Chapter xii - Return to Melbourne -- , Chapter xiii - Ballarat -- , Chapter xiv - New south wales -- , Chapter xv - South australia -- , Chapter xvi - Melbourme again -- , Chapter xvii - Homeward bound -- , Chapter xviii - Conclusion -- , Appendix - who should emigrate?. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-108-03980-4

Language: English