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Great Pioneer Women of the Outback

Susanna de Vries

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Description:FROM THE 1800s TO THE ONSET OF WORLD WAR I, PIONEERS MAKING THEIR HOMES IN OUTBACK AUSTRALIA WERE JOINED BY THEIR WIVES, MANY OF WHOM HAD NO IDEA OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS AHEAD.These women encountered conditions which would test their resilience and resourcefulness to the utmost: relentless heat, dust and isolation; hostile wildlife; no medical facilities; and never-ending, backbreaking work.The outback was indeed 'no place for a lady'. Yet many women with no previous experience of hardship rose to the challenge of creating homes, nursing, farming - and keeping journals, which provided a startling picture of the life they faced.Great Pioneer Women of the Outback profiles then female pioneers, from Jeannie Gunn, author of We of the Never-Never, to equally remarkable but lesser known women, such as Emma Withnell in Western Australia and Evelyn Maunsell in Queensland. Builing on the women's records and her own knowledge of Australian history, Susanne de Vries documents the grit and determination it took to build what many today would consider an extraordinary life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Great Pioneer Women of the Outback. To get started finding Great Pioneer Women of the Outback, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: FROM THE 1800s TO THE ONSET OF WORLD WAR I, PIONEERS MAKING THEIR HOMES IN OUTBACK AUSTRALIA WERE JOINED BY THEIR WIVES, MANY OF WHOM HAD NO IDEA OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS AHEAD.These women encountered conditions which would test their resilience and resourcefulness to the utmost: relentless heat, dust and isolation; hostile wildlife; no medical facilities; and never-ending, backbreaking work.The outback was indeed 'no place for a lady'. Yet many women with no previous experience of hardship rose to the challenge of creating homes, nursing, farming - and keeping journals, which provided a startling picture of the life they faced.Great Pioneer Women of the Outback profiles then female pioneers, from Jeannie Gunn, author of We of the Never-Never, to equally remarkable but lesser known women, such as Emma Withnell in Western Australia and Evelyn Maunsell in Queensland. Builing on the women's records and her own knowledge of Australian history, Susanne de Vries documents the grit and determination it took to build what many today would consider an extraordinary life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Great Pioneer Women of the Outback. To get started finding Great Pioneer Women of the Outback, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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