In the 1890s, when a woman's role was seen as marrying well and raising a family, Daisy Bates reinvented herself from humble governess to heiress-traveller and "woman of science." She would become one of the best-known and most controversial ethnologists in history, and one of the first people to put Aboriginal culture on the map. Born into tough circumstances, Daisy's prospects were dim. Through sheer strength of will, young Daisy overcame her miserable start, and in 1883 she migrated to Australia with a boatload of ...
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In the 1890s, when a woman's role was seen as marrying well and raising a family, Daisy Bates reinvented herself from humble governess to heiress-traveller and "woman of science." She would become one of the best-known and most controversial ethnologists in history, and one of the first people to put Aboriginal culture on the map. Born into tough circumstances, Daisy's prospects were dim. Through sheer strength of will, young Daisy overcame her miserable start, and in 1883 she migrated to Australia with a boatload of orphans, passing herself off as an heiress who taught for fun. Marriage followed--first with the young Breaker Morant, then bigamously with two other husbands. For decades she led a double life. But who was the real Daisy Bates? While other biographies have presented her as a saint, historian Susanna De Vries gives readers a more complex portrait of the "Queen of the Never Never."
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Add this copy of Desert Queen. the Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates to cart. $19.16, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 2008 by HarperCollins.
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Fine. 8vo. 294pp, endnotes, bw ills. Or card covers. As new. One of the best known and most controversial ethnologists and one of the first to put Aboriginal culture on the map. Migrating in 1883 on a boatload of orphans, she passed herself off as an heiress who taught for fun. She married Breaker Morant, and then two other husbands (bigamously). A complex portrait of the 'Queen of the Never-Never'.
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F- 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased); pp. vi, 295 (last blank), [8 (pubs. advts., last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy.
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