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Manuscript commonplace book of Georgiana McCrae

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Title
Manuscript commonplace book of Georgiana McCrae
Subject
Writing and art
Frontier and pioneer life--Australia
Victoria--History
Women
Melbourne (Vic.)
Category
1. Settlement
Keywords
Painters
Current holder
The University of Sydney
Period of reference
1830 – 1890
Link
https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61USYD_INST/1c0ug48/alma991001249279705106
Item number
RB 1164.6
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Melbourne
Language
English
French
Description from source
103 pages, paper ink handwritten. Three-quarter bound in black calf with marbled paper over boards and endpapers.

A small exercise book of 103 pages, numbered consecutively by the diarist and completely filled with extracts from her reading. The pages are closely written transcriptions from the writings of Scott, Wordsworth, Shelley, Carlyle, Milton, Disraeli, and others. Some selections from Lamartine are written in French.
Physical format
Notebook