Title Venus in transit : Australia's women travellers, 1788-1930 / edited by Douglas R.G. Sellick

Published North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2003

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Description 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm regular print Contents Two Unknown Convicts: 1788 and 1790 -- Mary Ann Parker: 1791-1792 -- Rosalie Hancorn Ambrose Hare: 1827-1828 -- Katherine Kirkland: 1839 -- Elizabeth Ramsey-Laye: 1853 -- Alice Mary Frere: 1865 -- Harriet Douglas: 1870 -- Rosamond and Florence Hill: 1873 -- Constance Gordon-Cumming: 1875 -- Emily Soldene: 1877 -- Lady Anna Brassey: 1887 -- Martha: 1887-1890 -- Marian Ellis Rowan: 1891 -- Flora Shaw: 1893 -- Lady Ida Poore: 1908-1910 -- Rosita Forbes: 1917 -- Philippa Bridges: 1923 -- Lady Violet Apsley: 1925 -- Angela Thirkell: 1930 -- Amy Johnson: 1930 Summary "This collection brings to life the true stories of twenty women travellers. From Marian Ellis Rowan who travelled the colonial wilds dressed in the height of Victorian fashion, to Amy Johnson who flew solo from London to Darwin in 1930s, these tales of hardship, adventure and romance will seduce and enthral."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Women Travel Anecdotes History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 359) Subject Women travelers -- Australia. Women travelers -- Australia -- Queensland. Women travelers -- New Zealand. Women travelers -- Australia -- History. Women travelers -- New Zealand -- History. Women travelers -- Australia -- Biography. Women travelers -- New Zealand -- Biography. Travelers' writings, Australian. SUBJECT Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 New Zealand -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091493 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Genre/Form Biography. History. Biographies. Author Sellick, Douglas. LC no. 2003464766 ISBN 1863683941 paperback

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