Great Expectations : Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia.
Clarke, Patricia.
Great Expectations : Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages)
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.
Teach your protges to emigrate; send them wherethe men want wives, the mothers want governesses.
9781922507006
Women immigrants.
Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
LC41 .C537 2020
371.100922
Great Expectations : Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages)
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.
Teach your protges to emigrate; send them wherethe men want wives, the mothers want governesses.
9781922507006
Women immigrants.
Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
LC41 .C537 2020
371.100922