The Best of BRISBANE

The Best of BRISBANE

Reed Concise Guide Insects of Australia

Reed Concise Guide Insects of Australia

Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback

$40.00
ISBN
9781760791544
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By Jennifer Isaacs
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.