| Description |
[xii], 207 pages : facsimiles, genealogical table, map, portrait ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Journeys 1873-1875. Selection -- Lardner 1876-1879. Landscape -- Blighted Hopes 1880-1882. Madness -- Yuulong 1883-1893. Hierarchies -- Endings 1894-1908. Epitaph -- App. 1. Origins -- App. 2. Diagnosis |
| Summary |
"Catherine Currie began writing her diary at Ballan in 1873. Soon afterwards, she left with her husband and young children to take up a selection deep in the forests of west Gippsland."--BOOK JACKET. "Catherine's life was one of unrelenting daily work, which she recorded faithfully in the diary. As the years wore on and her early pioneering optimism turned to disillusionment and sometimes despair, it also became a private confessional."--BOOK JACKET. "This work uses parallel narratives to tell Catherine's story. Five skilfully written chapters catch the cadences of Catherine's diary, interweaving direct quotes with discreet comment and explanation. Between these chapters runs a twentieth century voice, offering thoughtful and lucid reflections on themes such as 'madness' and 'landscape', and illuminating Catherine's life for modern readers through the ideas of historians and theorists such as Michel Foucault and Paul Carter."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Australia - family history |
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Currie, Catherine |
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Gippsland district [Vic] |
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Victoria - economic & social conditions |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 199-203 |
| Subject |
Currie, Catherine -- Diaries.
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Currie, Catherine, 1845-1908 -- Diaries.
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Curry family.
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Women pioneers -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Diaries.
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Women pioneers -- Australia -- Gippsland (Vic.) -- Diaries.
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| SUBJECT |
Buln Buln Shire (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99052252 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Diaries.
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| Author |
Currie, Catherine, 1845-1908.
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Dingle, A. E. (Anthony Edward), 1942-
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| LC no. |
98202228 |
| ISBN |
0522848362 |
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