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Manuscript commonplace book of Georgiana McCrae

SubjectWriting and art
Frontier and pioneer life–Australia
Victoria–History
Women
Melbourne (Vic.)
Category1. Settlement
KeywordsPainters
Current HolderThe University of Sydney
Period Of Reference 1830/1890
Item NumberRB 1164.6
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceMelbourne
Language English
French
Description From Source103 pages, paper ink handwritten. Three-quarter bound in black calf with marbled paper over boards and endpapers. A small exercise book of 103 pages, numbered consecutively by the diarist and completely filled with extracts from her reading. The pages are closely written transcriptions from the writings of Scott, Wordsworth, Shelley, Carlyle, Milton, Disraeli, and others. Some selections from Lamartine are written in French.
Physical FormatNotebook
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