Twelve Years in New Zealand,

£150 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The author arrived in 1853 and provides a highly detailed account of her time in Canterbury as well as visits to Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. The work includes two chapters on Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Albany. “Interesting for the domestic and social side of Colonial life, and for her account of the hardships of the Overland Route to England” (Ferguson). Ferguson, 17072; NZNB, 5540.

• Year: 1867

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