Growing up in Marvellous Melbourne by Marjorie Johnston

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has inscribed blank inside page. Fading to top front and back covers.

A seven-year-old girl arrived with her family from England in 1882. She describes her life in Melbourne in the 1880s. There are chapters on home life, education, the social round, fashion, entertainment, the building boom and the changing city.

The Melbourne Cup, Queen Victoria's Jubilee and the Victoria Exhibition are all described.

Based on the life of the author's great-grandmother. (back cover)