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Young Mildred Gresham arrives in the new colony from England to serve as a governess on a Midlands estate owned by family friends. Running off into the bush during a fracas with the natives, Mildred is rescued by Ernest Marsden and realises that she really loves Ernest - '[of whom] it might be truly said ... that he was of the stuff of which heroes are made' - rather than his older brother Valentine. They plan to settle down, just as the colony itself begins to 'settle down'.
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Written for the Tasmanian Mail's 'Prize Story Competition.'
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In two chapters.
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Last amended 4 Sep 2008 16:05:35
Subjects:
- ca. 1830
Settings:
- Midlands, Tasmania,
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