Letters from Australia edited by Lura Beam, with additional biographical material

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Title
Letters from Australia edited by Lura Beam, with additional biographical material
Date
1957-1962
Traveller
  • Schoedler, Lillian
Reference
MC 273 box 6 item 85-88
Region
  • Europe
  • Russia
  • Australasia
  • Africa
Country
  • South Africa
  • Australia
  • Samoa
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Russia
  • Switzerland
  • Tonga
Places
  • Cape Town
  • Te Anau
  • Invercargill
  • Dunedin
  • Wellington
  • Auckland
  • Port Moresby
  • Thursday Island
  • Chuave
  • Hollandia
  • Adelaide
  • Marrawah
  • Lake Peringa
  • Geroka
  • Mount Hagen
  • Eastern Highlands
  • Fremantle
  • Townsville
  • Perth
  • Melbourne
  • Sydney
  • Port Pirie
  • Marree
  • Alice Springs
  • Newcastle Waters
  • Derby
  • Marble Bar
  • Nullarbor Plain
  • Tasmania
  • Launceston
  • Hobart
  • Queensland
  • Mackay
  • Darwin
  • Congo (Australia)
  • Kalgoorlie
Description
A collection of letters describing Lillian Schoedler's travels in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands. There are marvellous accounts of life in the outback, visits by the flying doctor, gold mines, sheep farms, wine festivals and Christmas in Sydney. There is also an account of a wonderful reception on Yorke Island. At the end, there are biographical notes, including a complete list of places visited, 1911-1963.
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