Our Home in Australia

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This is a lovely little book about the home life of a Victorian-era family in their little cottage situated in North Adelaide, South Australia.

The book was published in 1984, but the text was actually written in 1860 as a letter from the author, Joseph Elliott, to his mother back in England.

It's a charming look at life in another era.

Here is a picture of the cover, plus a description of the contents:

www.bookworm.com.au/shop/scditem.asp?ProdID=15520

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Sounds good. Our library doesn't have it yet.

Have I mentioned Great Pioneer Women of the Outback by Susanna De Vries? I only read about Georgiana Molloy though. I don't think I expected there to be many people in the West in those times.

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I haven't heard of that one before, Br. Their stories would be amazing - imagine how hard their lives must have been compared to ours now.