Notes and sketches of New south Wales during a residence in the colony from 1839 to 1844 by Mrs Charles Meredith (Second Hand Book)
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Description Second Hand Book In the summer of 1839, 26-year-old Louisa Anne Meredith, in the company of her husband, Charles Meredith, sailed from England to the British colony of New South Wales, in what was then New Holland. Four years later, she published a detailed account of the years since she had left England. A fascinating window into the past, Louisa’s impressions and experiences cover the four-month ocean voyage; life within the fledgling city of Sydney; travels across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst; and eventual settlement at Homebush in Sydney’s west. Vivid observations of Sydney as it was in the 1840s combine with descriptions of flora, fauna and the general way of life in the colony, all told through the eyes of a well-educated, articulate and well-to-do woman who had come from a very different climate and upbringing to that she found in Australia. Specifications: Condition: Fair, yellowing due to age but otherwise tidy. Publisher: Penguin books Year: 1973 Format: paperback Pages: 164 ISBN: 0140700358
