Bridies̀‰ world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean. At the age of eleven she is given work as a scullery maid for a wealthy Melbourne family. But being a scullery maid is not part of Bridie's dream for a better life. Together with the younger son of the house, Gilbert, she sets out for the goldfields, looking for fortune and happiness
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Formerly CIP. Uk
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Bridie's world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean. At the age of eleven she is given work as a scullery maid for a wealthy Melbourne family. But being a scullery maid is not part of Bridie's dream for a better life. Together with the younger son of the house, Gilbert, she sets out for the goldfields, looking for fortune and happiness