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A pot of pork was placed over our fire, the only thing that could be cooked under
existing circumstances, but which we found with the addition of rice a very
acceptable break in the day's monotony. A plank was laid across some boxes,
and ...
A pot of pork was placed over our fire, the only thing that could be cooked under
existing circumstances, but which we found with the addition of rice a very
acceptable break in the day's monotony. A plank was laid across some boxes,
and ...
Page 269
I [went] to the fire and looked at them - they were still coming nearer. I took up a
fire stick and said at the top of my voice, 'Be off!' and saw they were frightened, for
the ones inside could not get out quick enough, but I threw the fire stick after ...
I [went] to the fire and looked at them - they were still coming nearer. I took up a
fire stick and said at the top of my voice, 'Be off!' and saw they were frightened, for
the ones inside could not get out quick enough, but I threw the fire stick after ...
Page 270
I had a good fire. I ran in, took my fire shovel, opened up the fire and threw in the
cards. I covered them up like a damper. He was at the door. He came in, walked
up to the fireplace, turned his back to it and was chatting away to me, but in a ...
I had a good fire. I ran in, took my fire shovel, opened up the fire and threw in the
cards. I covered them up like a damper. He was at the door. He came in, walked
up to the fireplace, turned his back to it and was chatting away to me, but in a ...
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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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