Nothing to Spare: Recollections of Australian Pioneering WomenReminiscences of 14 women include memories of a part- Aboriginal woman from Busselton, W.A. - life in institutions and settlements; a few other womens observations of Aboriginal people. |
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Page 41
... sent off by their parents to do a certain amount of work ; they only got about a pound a week and that was good pay ... sent photographs to J.C. Williamsons , the great theatre company . Their agent in Perth gave me an introduction to ...
... sent off by their parents to do a certain amount of work ; they only got about a pound a week and that was good pay ... sent photographs to J.C. Williamsons , the great theatre company . Their agent in Perth gave me an introduction to ...
Page 147
... sent out to Australia by his father who was a doctor . Father developed a cough and his parents were afraid he was getting T.B. His father had a friend out here in South Australia , on the border of South Australia and Victoria and he ...
... sent out to Australia by his father who was a doctor . Father developed a cough and his parents were afraid he was getting T.B. His father had a friend out here in South Australia , on the border of South Australia and Victoria and he ...
Page 161
... sent out on some trifling thing - he'd made some remark about Queen Victoria and they called it treason . He was a Member of Parliament , but he was sent out on a boat with all the criminals ; then he was freed but he was never allowed ...
... sent out on some trifling thing - he'd made some remark about Queen Victoria and they called it treason . He was a Member of Parliament , but he was sent out on a boat with all the criminals ; then he was freed but he was never allowed ...
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Context | 9 |
The Barmaids Daughter | 37 |
The Timbercutters Daughter | 61 |
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