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Page 39
Marshall Clifton was helping to organize a brand new colony in the wilderness, a
dream of the better life. Plans were drawn up in London, and a company formed.
It would buy a large tract along the sparsely settled coast of Western Australia ...
Marshall Clifton was helping to organize a brand new colony in the wilderness, a
dream of the better life. Plans were drawn up in London, and a company formed.
It would buy a large tract along the sparsely settled coast of Western Australia ...
Page 65
The morning was accordingly passed in extreme activity; making tarts and
custards, bills of fare and other arrangements for the fete, this being the
Anniversary of the founding of the Colony. The scene in our room was truly
ludicrous and I think ...
The morning was accordingly passed in extreme activity; making tarts and
custards, bills of fare and other arrangements for the fete, this being the
Anniversary of the founding of the Colony. The scene in our room was truly
ludicrous and I think ...
Page 206
I must have written my letter to you in great bitterness of spirit & in utter disgust
too of the colony. Now I shall endeavour to modify & moderate my feelings & give
you a juster & unprejudiced view of things. My lines are now cast in pleasant ...
I must have written my letter to you in great bitterness of spirit & in utter disgust
too of the colony. Now I shall endeavour to modify & moderate my feelings & give
you a juster & unprejudiced view of things. My lines are now cast in pleasant ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | No place for a nervous lady: voices from the Australian bush |
| Author | Lucy Frost |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | McPhee Gribble, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2009 |
| Length | 284 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General History / Australia & New Zealand |
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