Georgiana's Journal: Melbourne 1841-1865
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Good. Usual shelf-wear.
In the raw, exhilarating years of colonial Melbourne, one woman recorded her world with unflinching honesty and remarkable literary grace. Georgiana's Journal: Melbourne 1841–1865 presents the personal diaries of Georgiana McCrae, a Scottish-born artist and gentlewoman who documented life on the Port Phillip frontier — from the drawing rooms of the colonial elite to the dust and drama of a society forging itself from scratch. Her entries chronicle the social customs, domestic struggles, and vivid personalities of early Victoria with the sharp eye of an artist and the candour of a woman who refused to romanticise her circumstances. Edited by her son, the poet Hugh McCrae, this primary historical document stands as one of the most intimate and irreplaceable accounts of nineteenth-century Australian colonial life. Georgiana's voice — cultured, wry, and occasionally melancholic — cuts through the mythology of the pioneer era to reveal the texture of everyday existence with startling clarity. For historians, literature lovers, and anyone drawn to the lived experience behind Australia's founding years, this journal poses a quietly provocative question: how much of who we are was shaped by women history almost forgot?
Author: Hugh Mccrae (Editor)
Format: Paperback
Published: 1966, -
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Good. Usual shelf-wear.
In the raw, exhilarating years of colonial Melbourne, one woman recorded her world with unflinching honesty and remarkable literary grace. Georgiana's Journal: Melbourne 1841–1865 presents the personal diaries of Georgiana McCrae, a Scottish-born artist and gentlewoman who documented life on the Port Phillip frontier — from the drawing rooms of the colonial elite to the dust and drama of a society forging itself from scratch. Her entries chronicle the social customs, domestic struggles, and vivid personalities of early Victoria with the sharp eye of an artist and the candour of a woman who refused to romanticise her circumstances. Edited by her son, the poet Hugh McCrae, this primary historical document stands as one of the most intimate and irreplaceable accounts of nineteenth-century Australian colonial life. Georgiana's voice — cultured, wry, and occasionally melancholic — cuts through the mythology of the pioneer era to reveal the texture of everyday existence with startling clarity. For historians, literature lovers, and anyone drawn to the lived experience behind Australia's founding years, this journal poses a quietly provocative question: how much of who we are was shaped by women history almost forgot?