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A Mother's Offering to Her Children
Sydney
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1841
Z946010
1841
selected work
prose
poetry
children's
Takes the form of a dialogue in which the mother of the title, Mrs Saville, talks to her four children, Clara, Emma, Julius and Lucy as they sit together each evening. The children ask their mother questions which lead to narratives about shipwreck, station life and Australian flora and fauna, interspersed with moral lessons for the children.
Sydney
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1841
pg.
[22]-84
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Appears in:
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y
A Mother's Offering to Her Children
Sydney
:
1841
Z946010
1841
selected work
prose
poetry
children's
Takes the form of a dialogue in which the mother of the title, Mrs Saville, talks to her four children, Clara, Emma, Julius and Lucy as they sit together each evening. The children ask their mother questions which lead to narratives about shipwreck, station life and Australian flora and fauna, interspersed with moral lessons for the children.
Milton
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Jacaranda Press
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1979
pg.
[22]-84
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Settings:
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- 1834-1836
