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 106
... young blades in the town - young men who had their girls and it was the fashion on Saturdays always to take a bouquet to their best girl . We'd strip the garden sometimes , getting bouquets for them and we'd sell flowers from the house ...
... young blades in the town - young men who had their girls and it was the fashion on Saturdays always to take a bouquet to their best girl . We'd strip the garden sometimes , getting bouquets for them and we'd sell flowers from the house ...
Page 126
... young to know was only eighteen months old and the other twelve months older . She was buried there ; the cemetery is a long way out , but I can't remember that . But I remember that my father's brother was out in the bush and he took ...
... young to know was only eighteen months old and the other twelve months older . She was buried there ; the cemetery is a long way out , but I can't remember that . But I remember that my father's brother was out in the bush and he took ...
Page 213
... young women provide interesting illustrations of some of the surviving complex social rules : whom one would ( or would not ) invite to the dinner table ; whom one would ( or would not ) dance with ; where one would ( or would not ) go ...
... young women provide interesting illustrations of some of the surviving complex social rules : whom one would ( or would not ) invite to the dinner table ; whom one would ( or would not ) dance with ; where one would ( or would not ) go ...
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The Barmaids Daughter | 37 |
The Timbercutters Daughter | 61 |
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