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GREAT EXPECTATIONS [electronic resource] : emigrant governesses in colonial australia.

Record details

ISBN: 9781922507006
ISBN: 1922507008
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] NATL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Sisters Help Sisters to Set Sail -- 2 Expectations and Reality Down Under -- 3 Different Colonies, Different Challenges -- 4 Who Fared Better: Governess or Teacher? -- 5 Schools Abound (Governesses Not Wanted) -- 6 The Challenge of the Distant Bush -- 7 Music and Other Accomplishments -- 8 Send Them Where the Men Want Wives -- 9 Changing Times -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 11, 2021).