Outback Governesses
Description
Outback Governesses by Paula Heelan. 'Outback Governesses is collection of eye-opening stories about fourteen governesses who drop in, Mary Poppins-like, to educate children in Australia's remotest rural areas and in return receive a bush education of their own. Outback Governesses is collection of eye-opening stories about fourteen governesses who drop in, Mary Poppins-like, to educate children in Australia's remotest rural areas and in return receive a bush education of their own...From the School of the Air to vast outback stations, small rural schools to remote Indigenous communities around Australia - all across this wide brown land, governesses and teachers drop in, Mary Poppins-like, to take over homestead schoolrooms and the responsibility of educating children.'
Details
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Author:Heelan, Paula
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Book Condition:Good Plus
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Publisher:HQ Nonfiction, Australia
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Edition:First Thus
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Jacket Condition:None
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Binding:Soft Cover
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Location:CC5
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ISBN:9781489220974
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Size:8vo
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Pages:269
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Publish Date:2017