Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback
$40.00
ISBN
9781760791544
By | Jennifer Isaacs |
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Format | Paperback / softback |
Page Extent | 256 |
Book Size | 260 x 190 x 17 mm (H x W x D) |
Imprint | New Holland Publishers |
Release Date | 1 Oct 2019 |
Subject Classification | History / Regional & national history |
This book is a fascinating insight into the daily lives of women from a variety of backgrounds - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Chinese, Indian and German woman. Pioneer Women provides a unique portrait of how women set up and ran their remote bush homes and the work they did outside the home - shearing, droving, managing properties, teaching and governessing. Includes a wealth of photographs contributed by museums and descendants of many of the pioneers.