My dearest Birdie : letters to Australia 1874 to 1886 / by Richard and Jessie Gowlland ; edited by Juliet Phillips and Richard Joscelyne ; photographs from the family album.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Juliet.

Joscelyne, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gowlland, Richard.

Gowlland, Jessie.

Oliver, Eliza Celia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages) : portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In February 1874, Jack Gowlland RN, newly promoted to the rank of Commander, and his sister Celia left England to travel across the Continent to Brindisi. From there they sailed via the newly opened Suez Canal to Australia. Celia never returned to England. Jack drowned surveying Sydney Harbour within months of his return to his post as head of the New South Wales Hydrographical Survey, and Celia married one of his closest friends within a year. Spanning twelve years, the letters to Celia - Birdie - that form this volume are from Celia's favourite brother, Richard, and his wife Jessie.

Contents:

My dearest Birdie: Letters to Australia 1874 to 1886; The Story Behind the Letters; Introduction; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882–85;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-73383-0

9786611733834

1-84642-671-5

OCLC:

476140121