Governors' Wives In Colonial Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: National Library Of Australia
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2002
Edition: First Edition

Description: 174 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The wife of a governor of one of the Australian colonies was expected to embody the ideal of the English lady, and be the centre of colonial society. Governors Wives in Colonial Australia explores how five viceregal women-Eliza Darling, Jane Franklin, Mary Anne Broome, Elizabeth Loch, and Audrey Tennyson- fulfilled their role. Drawing on letters, diaries and journals, Governors Wives in Colonial Australia provides a first-hand account of the role of viceregal women in colonial life.

ISBN: 9780642107350