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The ambitions of Jane Franklin / Alison Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Alison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875.
- Franklin, Jane.
- Women--Australia--History.
- Women.
- History.
- Women travelers.
- Governors' spouses.
- Australia.
- Governors' spouses--Australia--Tasmania--History--19th century.
- Women travelers--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Tasmania--History--1803-1900--Biography.
- Tasmania.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 294 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2013.
- Summary:
- In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in late 18th century London, her marriage at the ripe age of 36 years to Sir John Franklin, to her many trips to far-flung locations, including Russia, the Holy Land, northern Africa, America and Australia. Once Jane Franklin married, her original ambition - to live life to the full - was joined by an equally ardent desire to make her kind and mild husband a success. Arriving in Tasmania in 1837 when Sir John became governor, she swept like a whirlwind through the colony: attempting to rid the island of snakes; establishing a scientific society and the Hobart regatta; adopting an Aboriginal girl, and sending a kangaroo to Queen Victoria.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A girl who did not fit in 1
- Chapter 2 The Franklin connection 15
- Chapter 3 An occasional marriage 29
- Chapter 4 To Van Diemen's Land 47
- Chapter 5 The governor's lady 60
- Chapter 6 The home front 76
- Chapter 7 Female convicts 94
- Chapter 8 Improving the colony 105
- Chapter 9 The Aborigines 125
- Chapter 10 Mount Wellington, Sydney and beyond 139
- Chapter 11 Three women's lives 161
- Chapter 12 The political question 171
- Chapter 13 Jane Franklin v. John Montagu 187
- Chapter 14 John Franklin disappears 203
- Chapter 15 Jane Franklins Search 214
- Chapter 16 Family upsets 229
- Chapter 17 Victory 240.
- Notes:
- Includes index and notes.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-287).
- ISBN:
- 9781742375694
- 1742375693
- OCLC:
- 830519753
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