The journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin, July 1858-May 1868 (Academy editions of Australian literature)

Frost Lucy Ed. Dawbin Annie Baxter

ISBN 10: 0702230464 / ISBN 13: 9780702230462

Edité par University Of Queensland Press In Association With The State Library Of New South Wales, 1998

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New Still In The Cellophane Wrapper Pp 668; Family Tree, 10 Facsimile Manuscript Pages, 8 Maps, Biographical Notes, Index Annie Baxter Dawbin(1816 -1905), Diarist, Sailed From Her Native England In September 1834, Accompanying Her Young Husband Andrew Baxter (1813 - 55), An Army Officer Charged With Guarding Male Convicts Aboard The Augusta Jessie.While Baxter Was Stationed At Launceston (Until October 1838), Annie Made Friends With The Local Gentry About Whom She Wrote In Her Journal. This Journal, Kept Until 1868, Survives In 32 Notebooks. It Provides An Unusually Detailed And Intimate Story Of A Flamboyant Woman Told Within The Broad Social Narrative Of European Settlement.After Leaving Van Diemen's Land, The Baxters Set Up Cattle Stations First In Northern New South Wales, And Then In Victoria. During The 1840S Annie Returned To Hobart For Extended Stays With Her Brother, An Officer In The Royal Engineers.

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• Titre: The journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin, July 1858-May 1868 (Academy editions of Australian literature)
• Éditeur: University Of Queensland Press In Association With The State Library Of New South Wales
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0702230464
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780702230462
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket as Issued
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