Currency lass : the moving story of a young woman in the convict town of Sydney and the South Seas /
Reeson, Margaret,
Currency lass : the moving story of a young woman in the convict town of Sydney and the South Seas / Margaret Reeson. - New edition. - 270 pages : 1 genealogical table ; 22 cm
Previous edition: Sutherland, N.S.W. : Albatross, 1985.
Includes bibliography: pages 264-270.
Life in the convict colony of New South Wales was harsh and often cruel. But for free-settlers like the Hassalls, Sydney was home. As one of the few eligible Australian-born girls, Mary Hassall was much admired. This recreation of her life from contemporary letters and diaries vividly portrays her emerging adulthood, romance and life in Sydney and on the primitive islands of Tonga.--Back cover.
0859109070 (paperback)
Lawry, Mary, 1799-1825 --Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Christian biography.
Young women--Fiction.
Australia--History--1788-1851--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Tonga--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Diary fiction.
Currency lass : the moving story of a young woman in the convict town of Sydney and the South Seas / Margaret Reeson. - New edition. - 270 pages : 1 genealogical table ; 22 cm
Previous edition: Sutherland, N.S.W. : Albatross, 1985.
Includes bibliography: pages 264-270.
Life in the convict colony of New South Wales was harsh and often cruel. But for free-settlers like the Hassalls, Sydney was home. As one of the few eligible Australian-born girls, Mary Hassall was much admired. This recreation of her life from contemporary letters and diaries vividly portrays her emerging adulthood, romance and life in Sydney and on the primitive islands of Tonga.--Back cover.
0859109070 (paperback)
Lawry, Mary, 1799-1825 --Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Christian biography.
Young women--Fiction.
Australia--History--1788-1851--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Tonga--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Diary fiction.
