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 147
... lived there for a couple of years and a daughter was born but died in infancy . Then my brother was born there . He didn't die - in fact he lived until he was twenty - two - he didn't die until typhoid broke out on the Kalgoorlie ...
... lived there for a couple of years and a daughter was born but died in infancy . Then my brother was born there . He didn't die - in fact he lived until he was twenty - two - he didn't die until typhoid broke out on the Kalgoorlie ...
Page 160
... lived . We lived opposite the Postmaster General , Mr Brooking . Mr Brooking used to go to work on a penny farthing - I used to look through the bars of the gate every morning to see him go past - a great big wheel in the front and a ...
... lived . We lived opposite the Postmaster General , Mr Brooking . Mr Brooking used to go to work on a penny farthing - I used to look through the bars of the gate every morning to see him go past - a great big wheel in the front and a ...
Page 199
... lived with us . She was one of the old families , but she had no money , so she had to do something , so her mother and grandmother were pleased that she should come into a gentleman's household . She lived with us - she didn't have her ...
... lived with us . She was one of the old families , but she had no money , so she had to do something , so her mother and grandmother were pleased that she should come into a gentleman's household . She lived with us - she didn't have her ...
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The Barmaids Daughter | 37 |
The Timbercutters Daughter | 61 |
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