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Ellen Clacy

Books by Ellen Clacy

Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 Cover image

Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53

History Memoir Non-Fiction Travel
19th century Adventure Travel Transportation Orphans Women's History Australia Colonial life Memoir Gold rush Emigration Bendigo Bush Rangers

"If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852, 20 year old clergyman’s daughter Ellen and her brother boarded ship for Melbourne then set off to walk to Bendigo....