Australian Pioneer Women [Mary of Maranoa] by Eve Pownall

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Small tear to spine top now protected with book tape. Previous owner has inscribed blank inside page, now covered with large blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

Women were pioneers of the pastoral industry, the goldfields, and the vast inland. Their lives were marked by success and failure, tragedy, loneliness and above all, hard work.

Using personal and family recollections and historical records, Eva Pownall has set down these women's stories.

Originally published as Mary of Maranoa in 1959.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.