Queensland Years of Robert Herbert, Premier: Letters and Papers

Biography & Memoir, Political, Historical
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Author: ISBN: 9780702258336
Publisher: University of Queensland Press Publication: April 18, 2016
Imprint: University of Queensland Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780702258336
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Publication: April 18, 2016
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Language: English

'Herbert’s informal, pithy lettersdescribe the “upper middle class”social scene, together with theeconomic and political realities of anewly-created colony. Theirsubjects range from a description ofa Quensland election to a report ofhis camping and cruising holidays;from complaints of severe “social”seasons and other “abominations”to eating oysters or making ice;from caustic comments on some ofhis associates to an essay on why hedid not wish to marry; fromimpatience with the “eccentricities”of Governor Bowen to heartyadmiration for Lady Bowen. Aninformative and often appreciativeview of colonial life, this bookshould prove a valuable contributionto the history of the periodand delight those general readersfor whom colonial life of the midnineteenthcentury has its ownspecial fascination.

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'Herbert’s informal, pithy lettersdescribe the “upper middle class”social scene, together with theeconomic and political realities of anewly-created colony. Theirsubjects range from a description ofa Quensland election to a report ofhis camping and cruising holidays;from complaints of severe “social”seasons and other “abominations”to eating oysters or making ice;from caustic comments on some ofhis associates to an essay on why hedid not wish to marry; fromimpatience with the “eccentricities”of Governor Bowen to heartyadmiration for Lady Bowen. Aninformative and often appreciativeview of colonial life, this bookshould prove a valuable contributionto the history of the periodand delight those general readersfor whom colonial life of the midnineteenthcentury has its ownspecial fascination.

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