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Station life in New Zealand / Lady Barker ; with a new introduction by Fiona Kidman

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Virago/Beacon travelers seriesPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, 1987Description: xiv, 238 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0807070297
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.15502
Contents:
Letter I. Two month at sea.—Melbourne
Letter II. Sight seeing in Melbourne
Letter III. In to New Zealand
Letter IV. First introduction to "station life"
Letter V. A pastoral letter
Letter VI. Society.—Houses and servants
Letter VII. A young colonist.—The town & its neighbourhood
Letter VIII. Pleasant days at ilam
Letter IX. Death in our new home.—New Zealand children
Letter X. Our station home
Letter XI. Housekeeping and other matters
Letter XII. My first expedition
Letter XIII. Bachelor hospitality.—A Gale on shore
Letter XIV. A Christmas picnic and other doings
Letter XV. Everyday station life
Letter XVI. A sailing excursion on Lake Coleridge
Letter XVII. My first and last experience of camping out
Letter XVIII. A journey "down south"
Letter XIX. A christening gathering.—The fate of dick
Letter XX. The New Zealand snow-storm of 1867
Letter XXI. Wild cattle hunting in the Kowai bush
Letter XXII. The exceeding joy of burning
Letter XXIII. Concerning a great flood
Letter XXIV. My only fall from horseback
Letter XXV. How we lost our horse and had to walk home
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Book Book Lagro Branch Reference Section Women’s Collection WC 993.15502 B255s 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132495d

Letter I. Two month at sea.—Melbourne

Letter II. Sight seeing in Melbourne

Letter III. In to New Zealand

Letter IV. First introduction to "station life"

Letter V. A pastoral letter

Letter VI. Society.—Houses and servants

Letter VII. A young colonist.—The town & its neighbourhood

Letter VIII. Pleasant days at ilam

Letter IX. Death in our new home.—New Zealand children

Letter X. Our station home

Letter XI. Housekeeping and other matters

Letter XII. My first expedition

Letter XIII. Bachelor hospitality.—A Gale on shore

Letter XIV. A Christmas picnic and other doings

Letter XV. Everyday station life

Letter XVI. A sailing excursion on Lake Coleridge

Letter XVII. My first and last experience of camping out

Letter XVIII. A journey "down south"

Letter XIX. A christening gathering.—The fate of dick

Letter XX. The New Zealand snow-storm of 1867

Letter XXI. Wild cattle hunting in the Kowai bush

Letter XXII. The exceeding joy of burning

Letter XXIII. Concerning a great flood

Letter XXIV. My only fall from horseback

Letter XXV. How we lost our horse and had to walk home

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