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Page 87
... Richard Dry , later to become the first Tasmanian - born citizen knighted by Queen Victoria , was her frequent companion . Together they talked about books and people . Such friendships were flattering and plea- sant ; the problem of ...
... Richard Dry , later to become the first Tasmanian - born citizen knighted by Queen Victoria , was her frequent companion . Together they talked about books and people . Such friendships were flattering and plea- sant ; the problem of ...
Page 88
... Richard Dry her journal . Still , she liked to think of herself as the silent sufferer : ' It is so repulsive to someone with my feeling to put up with what I do yet nobody shall know it ' - If this dramatic gesturing was not quite true ...
... Richard Dry her journal . Still , she liked to think of herself as the silent sufferer : ' It is so repulsive to someone with my feeling to put up with what I do yet nobody shall know it ' - If this dramatic gesturing was not quite true ...
Page 97
... Richard Dry - raced after kangaroos . - - But ... there were trials . Churning butter could leave her ' so fagged , that I don't know what to do with myself ' . Then , the chickens got into the dairy and ' pecked my cheeses terribly ...
... Richard Dry - raced after kangaroos . - - But ... there were trials . Churning butter could leave her ' so fagged , that I don't know what to do with myself ' . Then , the chickens got into the dairy and ' pecked my cheeses terribly ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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