My Home in Tasmania 2 Volume Set

During a Residence of Nine Years

Louisa Anne Meredith (Autor)

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583 Seiten

2010
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-02035-0 (ISBN)

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Published in 1852, Louisa Meredith's two-volume work is an important document, both for the scope of its coverage and its significance in the history of women's non-fiction. It is also a valuable natural history work, with Meredith describing in great detail the flora and fauna of the island.

Louisa Anne Meredith's account of her life in Tasmania was published in 1852. She was an experienced traveller, and this work is remarkable for being the first detailed account by a woman of life in the colony. Its shrewd observations and descriptive personal narrative make it an engaging read, as well as providing a valuable historical record. A keen botanist and artist, Meredith describes the island's natural life in great detail in beautiful and evocative passages. The first volume covers the journey to the island and her initial impressions of it and provides fascinating examples of colonial attitudes in the period. In Volume 2 she provides more anecdotes of her life, including descriptions of the animals and journeys within the island, and also covers more social issues, looking at religion and custom in the colony. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=merelo

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Departure from Sydney; 2. Night alarm; 3. The hunt; 4. Journey to Swan Port; 5. Journey continued; 6. Cambria; 7. Bush fires; 8. Excursion to the Schoutens; 9. Swan Port conchology; 10. Our new home of 'Riversdale'; 11. Home occupations; 12. The aborigines of Van Diemen's Land; 13. Joyful removal to Spring Vale; 14. Garden-making; 15. The 'Devil'. Volume 2: 1. Opossums not sluggish; 2. Wild cattle; 3. Green parrots; 4. Destroyers of poultry; 5. Garden laid out; 6. Improvements; 7. Unwelcome changes; 8. Saint Paul's Plains and River; 9. Westbury; 10. General sketch of 'Lath Hall'; 11. Our new neighbours; 12. Expedition to an enchanted valley; 13. Tasmanian eagle; 14. Church-building; 15. A winter at Port Sorell; 16. Return home; 17. Fish; 18. Improvements at Poyston; 19. Resignation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
Zusatzinfo	18 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 216 mm
Gewicht	820 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-108-02035-6 / 1108020356
ISBN-13	978-1-108-02035-0 / 9781108020350
Zustand	Neuware