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A Different Earth - Cornish Pioneer Miners to Australia (Paperback)
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On the threshold of starvation when the potato blight hits
Cornwall, Jane Dunstan decides to rescue her family from desperate
poverty and her husband, Richard, from the dreadful conditions in
the mines. She successfully applies for a 'free passage' to migrate
to South Australia with their seven children aged from one to
twelve. After suffering appalling living conditions in the cramped
steerage quarters of the ship and the challenges of the sea during
the three-month journey the family, on arrival in South Australia
in 1849, travel 100 miles north of Adelaide by bullock wagon to the
Burra copper mines. At Burra they live in an underground dugout in
the banks of the Burra Creek and Richard, with his three eldest
boys, works in the mine. For Jane, it's a dramatic time, with
floods, a new baby born underground and the tragic loss of her
husband and two daughters. On the discovery of gold in Victoria in
1851, Jane hires a bullock dray and driver to take her remaining
six children on a courageous six-week, 350-mile overland trek to
the Victorian goldfields.The story describes the difficulties of
locating and travelling the trail, the working and the
idiosyncrasies of the bullock team and its driver, Red. Jane has to
adapt to living in the bush, foraging for bush tucker and dealing
with pests and hazards along the way. On arriving at the diggings
Jane is horrified by what she sees but ultimately she remarries,
has three more children, bringing her total issue to eleven, and
eventually finds a measure of peace. A Different Earth is based on
the experiences of the author's great-great grandparents, Richard
and Jane Dunstan.
General
Imprint: |
Cornwall Editions Limited
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2016 |
Authors: |
Max C S Beck
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Introduction by: |
Philip Payton
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-904880-34-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-904880-34-7 |
Barcode: |
9781904880349 |
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