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Desert queen : the many lives and loves of Daisy Bates / Susanna De Vries.

By: Publication details: Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers, 2008.Description: 294 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780732282431 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.092 22
Summary: "Born into modest circumstances in Ireland in 1859 and orphaned by the age of six, Daisy Bates' pulled herself up to become governess, wife, mother, journalist, intrepid traveller and one of Australia's most controversial ethnographers. Her lack of convention went deeper than her private life; at a time when white Australia mostly turned its back on indigenous Australians, Daisy set out to study desert Aborigines and document their culture. She would eventually spend 16 years living in a tent in outback Australia tending and documenting desert tribes."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 301.092 VRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 65840

Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliography: p. 277-294.

"Born into modest circumstances in Ireland in 1859 and orphaned by the age of six, Daisy Bates' pulled herself up to become governess, wife, mother, journalist, intrepid traveller and one of Australia's most controversial ethnographers. Her lack of convention went deeper than her private life; at a time when white Australia mostly turned its back on indigenous Australians, Daisy set out to study desert Aborigines and document their culture. She would eventually spend 16 years living in a tent in outback Australia tending and documenting desert tribes."--Provided by publisher.

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