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Great Expectations : Emigrant Governesses in Colonial Australia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781922507006
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Great ExpectationsDDC classification:
  • 371.100922
LOC classification:
  • LC41 .C537 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Teach your protges to emigrate; send them wherethe men want wives, the mothers want governesses.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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