Memoirs
Victoria
:
1915-1928
(Manuscript version)x402123
Z1695513
1915-1928
single work
autobiography
The memoirs of Mary Emily Sussannah Hunter, known as 'Minnie' is 'a detailed account of the Hunter family's history and of the early days in Australia of her father and uncles; describes her childhood in the Barrabool Hills, Victoria, youth in the south east of South Australia, especially at Penola and Robe, and later experiences in South Gippsland and St. Kilda; and chronicles the social lives of relatives and friends up to about the year 1906.' Source: State Library of Victoria
Boss
Duffy
:
Border Books
,
2018
26403613
2018
single work
novel
historical fiction
'Boss chronicles the life and times of Mary Emily Susannah (Minnie) Hunter, and her experiences on the frontiers of nineteenth century Australia. Born into a family of famous horsemen and pioneers, Minnie inherits her family's love of horses as well as an affinity with the wild landscape at the edge of settled Australia.
'As a child she meets John Brewer, a self-made pastoralist and outstanding young horseman. She quickly comes to idolise the man she calls 'Boss', and the friendship she strikes up marks the beginning of a devotion that lasts her whole life.
'The book also charts the terrible fate that befell the Boandik and Wiradjuri tribes, who Minnie lived with and befriended over her life. In the space of a generation, disease and white apathy and neglect wiped out these people and their traditional way of life.
'Boss is based on the published diaries of Minnie Hunter, creatively interpreted to highlight the remarkable lives of Minnie, her family, and the people she encountered over her life.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
