Description

My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life is a memoir written by Rosa Campbell Praed in 1902. The book is a collection of personal anecdotes and impressions of her childhood experiences growing up in the Australian bush. Praed was born in 1851 in Queensland, Australia, and spent much of her early life on her family's cattle station.The memoir covers Praed's childhood from the 1850s to the early 1870s, and includes descriptions of the landscape, the animals, and the people she encountered. Praed writes about her family's struggles with isolation, drought, and bushfires, as well as her own experiences with education, socializing, and romance.Throughout the book, Praed reflects on the challenges and joys of growing up in the Australian bush, and provides a vivid portrait of life in rural Australia during the mid-19th century. My Australian Girlhood is a valuable historical document that offers insight into the experiences of women and children in colonial Australia, as well as the social and economic conditions of the time.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.