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 148
... teaching the little ones - teaching their ABC and all that . They called them monitors . I got paid £ 16 a year - I ... teacher at home , an English R.A.M. woman she came out to meet the man she had married so the story goes . But he ...
... teaching the little ones - teaching their ABC and all that . They called them monitors . I got paid £ 16 a year - I ... teacher at home , an English R.A.M. woman she came out to meet the man she had married so the story goes . But he ...
Page 166
... teaching right away . The Pater said I was to be a teacher : ' You are going to sit for the teachers ' exam and go to the teachers ' training college . ' I said , ' I'm not going to be a teacher - he's not going to make a fool of me ...
... teaching right away . The Pater said I was to be a teacher : ' You are going to sit for the teachers ' exam and go to the teachers ' training college . ' I said , ' I'm not going to be a teacher - he's not going to make a fool of me ...
Page 170
... teachers , mostly for pupil teachers and monitors . - When I came out I was sent to Lake Hines , a little country school with nineteen children , fourteen miles out of Wongan Hills and about 200 miles from Perth . A one teacher school ...
... teachers , mostly for pupil teachers and monitors . - When I came out I was sent to Lake Hines , a little country school with nineteen children , fourteen miles out of Wongan Hills and about 200 miles from Perth . A one teacher school ...
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The Barmaids Daughter | 37 |
The Timbercutters Daughter | 61 |
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