16 Ergebnisse.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

About the Book Books about Travel in Australia and Oceania discuss travel and adventures on the continent of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Titles include: "God's own country" an appreciation of Australia, A Month in the Bush of Australia: Journal of One of a Party of Gentlemen who recently travelled from Sydney to Port Philip, A Visit to Australia and Its Gold Regions, A voice from the Australia...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Daily life on a sheep station in colonial New Zealand, enthusiastically described in Barker's letters, first published in 1870.

This 1877 publication vividly recounts the writer and journalist Lady Barker's experiences in colonial South Africa.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

First published in 1870, this book was extremely popular, going through several editions and being translated into French and German. It tells of the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies in the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer.

A sequel to Station Life in New Zealand, first published in 1873.

Rural New Zealand in the Nineteenth Century

Rural New Zealand in the Nineteenth Century

Lady Mary Anne Barker, later Lady Mary Anne Broome (1831-1911), was born in Jamaica and educated in England. In 1865 she sailed for New Zealand with her second husband, Frederick Napier Broome. Both Mary Anne and her husband then became journalists. Still calling herself "Lady Barker", Mary Anne Broome became a correspondent for The Times, and also published two books of verse, Poems from New Zealand (1868) and The Stranger from Seriphos (1869...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Lady (Mary Anne) Barker (1831-1911) wrote these letters to ôrecord the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies diversifying the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer.ö It was a time in New Zealand when women shared with men the loneliness, difficulties and hazards of pioneering. BarkerZs letters show an excitement for her adventure in a new land and her delight in the things she saw.

Keine Beschreibung.