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Currency lass : the moving story of a young woman in the convict town of Sydney and the South Seas / Margaret Reeson.

By: Publisher: Adelaide, South Australia : Openbook Publishers, 1999Copyright date: ©1985Edition: New editionDescription: 270 pages : 1 genealogical table ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0859109070 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: 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.
Item type: Book
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Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Corinda Adults - Fiction Corinda AF Ree Cur 1999 c1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0141

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.

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