$33.03
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2021
Summary
The murder of my great-great-great-grandfather by Maori warriors caused his daughter, my great-great-grandmother, Thomasine, to decide not to emigrate to New Zealand and instead to settle on the isolated Nerang River in South-East Queensland in what became the Gold Coast.
Thomasine, a 29-year-old widowed mother of four, and her new husband, Walter John “Jack” Browne, were the first pioneer family to settle on the Nerang in 1865. Battling isolation, floods, and other hardships, they es…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780648922711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0648922715 |
| Author: | Sandra J. Darroch |
| Publisher: | The Svengali Press |
| Imprint: | The Svengali Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Sandra J. Darroch
Sandra J. Darroch is the author of eight earlier books, including Ottoline, the first biography of English Bloomsbury figure, Lady Ottoline Morrell, and Garsington Revisited. Other books include Power for the People, a history of electricity in Australia; and Blokes, a survey of the changing role of men in Australian society.
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