A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53

Written on the Spot

Ellen Clacy

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Format: paperback
Edition: First published in London by Hurst and Blackett in 1853. The publication of this book is part of the University of Sydney Library鈥檚 Australian Studies electronic texts initiative.
108 pages
ISBN: 9781920897178

Publication: 01 Jan 2006
Series: SUP Classics
Publisher: 快猫视频

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A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 is an account of Clacy's visit with her brother to the Victorian goldfields. It combines detailed description with features of real dramatic interest and gives a lively impression of the times.

Tags: Australian classics, SUP Classics

Ellen Clacy (1830-1901) was born in Richmond, Surrey. In 1852, she travelled with her brother to Australia to seek their fortune visiting the goldfields. She returned to England a couple of months later, writing under the pseudonym of 鈥淐ycla鈥�.

Introductory remarks
The voyage out
Stay in Melbourne
Camping up 鈥� Melbourne to the Black Forest
Camping up 鈥� Black Forest to Eagle Hawk Gully
The diggings
Eagle Hawk Gully
An adventure
Harriette Walters
Iron Bark Gully
Forest Creek
Return to Melbourne
Ballarat
New South Wales
South Australia
Melbourne again
快猫视频ward bound
Conclusion

Appendix: who should emigrate?

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