A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53,: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53, by Ellen Clacy: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 18 original MP3 tracks, 6:27:52 running time and a link to listen.
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53,, credited to Ellen Clacy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Ellen Clacy "If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852, 20 year old clergyman’s daughter Ellen and her brother boarded ship for Melbourne then set off to walk to Bendigo. Dressed in her blue serge skirt which doubled as nightwear, she camped under a tent made of blankets, had mutton, damper and tea most meals and on arrival lent her hand to gold washing. And seemed to enjoy it ! And amongst other things she tells of colonial life , transportation, emigration and other gold-fields. But you will need to listen to hear more about bush-rangers and orphans as well as what she did with her parasol." (summary by annise)
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53,
- Author credits: Ellen Clacy
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 18
- Listed recording duration: 6:27:52
Catalogue topics
- nonfiction
- travel
- gold diggings
- australia
- audio books
Track guide
- 01 - Introductory Remarks and the Voyage Out — 13:04
- 02 - Stay In Melbourne — 35:37
- 03 - Camping Up - Melbourne to the Black Forest — 28:07
- 04 - Camping Up - Black Forest to Eagle Hawk Gully — 31:25
- 05 - The Diggings — 21:07
- 06 - Eagle Hawk Gully — 38:41
- 07 - An Adventure — 11:15
- 08 - Harriette Walters — 14:09
- 09 - Ironbark Gully — 25:15
- 10 - Forest Creek — 28:41
- 11 - Return to Melbourne — 17:26
- 12 - Ballarat — 24:12
- 13 - New South Wales — 6:55
- 14 - South Australia — 11:09
- 15 - Melbourne Again — 30:44
- 16 - Homeward Bound — 8:48
- 17 - Conclusion — 6:07
- 18 - Appendix: - Who Should Emigrate? — 35:14
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