Beth Duncan Beth Duncan i(A114327 works by)
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1 3 y separately published work icon Mary Thomas : Founding Mother : The Life and Times of a South Australian Pioneer Beth Duncan , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2007 Z1484363 2007 single work biography In 1836 Mary Thomas, aged 49, abandoned her comfortable life and home in the centre of Landon for a tent in the sandhills of Holdfast bay in the new colony of South Australia. With her husband, Robert, who set up the colony's first printing press and newspaper, Mary hoped the fledgling town of Adelaide would overflow with opportunities for her five children, particularly her two sons. - back cover
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