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100 1 _aBarker, Lady
_q(Mary Anne),
_d1831-1911
245 1 0 _aColonial memories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-07
508 _aMWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Colonial Memories" by Lady Broome is a collection of personal recollections and travel sketches written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the author's experiences living in various British colonies, especially New Zealand, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Through engaging anecdotes and reflective narratives, Lady Broome shares insights on colonial life, societal changes, and her own family’s adventures across the globe. The opening of "Colonial Memories" introduces Lady Broome’s nomadic childhood and the beginnings of her adult life, shaped by marriage, widowhood, and remarriage, which led her to extensive travels around the British Empire. She recounts early memories, including a gypsy’s prophecy of lifelong wanderings, her upbringing in Jamaica, and her experiences following her military husband to India and later marrying a New Zealand sheep farmer. The narrative soon shifts to vivid descriptions of colonial New Zealand, highlighting the daily challenges, domestic life, hardships of rural living, and the communal nature of colonial society. Lady Broome’s detailed, often humorous, observations convey both the difficulties and pleasures of adapting to new lands and cultures, providing a compelling glimpse into the realities and transformations of British colonial life at the turn of the century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1904
653 _aCountry life -- New Zealand -- History
653 _aNew Zealand -- Biography
653 _aNew Zealand -- Social life and customs
653 _aBarker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911
653 _aGovernors' spouses -- New Zealand -- Diaries
653 _aNew Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/colonialmemories00bark
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75806
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