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Brontë, Charlotte --- Zeffirelli, Franco --- Jane Eyre (film)
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In 1832, aged just seventeen, the future colonial governor Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) set sail from London for Australia. The farming life that awaited him laid the foundations of an enduring interest in the topography, anthropology and zoology of his adopted homeland. Following an initial expedition in 1839, in 1840 Eyre set out on his pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. The year-long adventure financially ruined the explorer, but won him the coveted gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for discovering Lake Torrens. Published in 1845, this two-volume account of the expedition made Eyre a household name in Britain and fuelled popular interest in the former penal colony. Including eleven engravings, Volume 1 opens with the origins of the expedition, but quickly leads readers into the darkest moments experienced en route, including conflicts within the party, desperate searches for water, and the murder of an overseer.
Explorers --- Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 --- Aboriginal Australians --- Australia --- Biography & Autobiography --- Social Science --- History
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In 1832, aged just seventeen, the future colonial governor Edward John Eyre (1815-1901) set sail from London for Australia. The farming life that awaited him laid the foundations of an enduring interest in the topography, anthropology and zoology of his adopted homeland. Following an initial expedition in 1839, in 1840 Eyre set out on his pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. The year-long adventure financially ruined the explorer, but won him the coveted gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for discovering Lake Torrens. Published in 1845, this two-volume account of the expedition made Eyre a household name in Britain and fuelled popular interest in the former penal colony. Volume 2 leads readers through various dramatic episodes including the plundering of the camp, a 'night of horrors', forced marches, and hunting kangaroos. It concludes with a fascinating account of the celebratory aborigine reception that awaited the survivors.
Explorers --- Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 --- Aboriginal Australians --- Australia --- Biography & Autobiography --- Social Science --- History
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Brontë, Emily Jane --- Brontë, Charlotte --- Brontë, Charlotte, --- Brontë, Emily, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Study and teaching --- Outlines --- Brontë, Emily --- Brontë, Charlotte, - 1816-1855. - Jane Eyre - Criticism and interpretation --- Brontë, Charlotte, - 1816-1855. - Jane Eyre - Study and teaching - Outlines --- Brontë, Emily, - 1818-1848. - Wuthering Heights - Criticism and interpretation --- Brontë, Emily, - 1818-1848. - Wuthering Heights - Study and teaching - Outlines --- Brontë, Charlotte, - 1816-1855. - Jane Eyre --- Brontë, Emily, - 1818-1848. - Wuthering Heights --- BRONTE (CHARLOTTE), 1816-1855 --- BRONTE (EMILY), 1818-1848 --- JANE EYRE --- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
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Contains 'Roll of the Justices in Eyre at Bedford, 1227', by G. Herbert Fowler. 'The Domesday Water Mills of Bedfordshire', by William Austin. 'The King's Larderer of Meppershall', by Mrs Hilary Jenkinson. 'Recruiting of Militia, 1798'.
Bedfordshire (England) --- History --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century. --- Domesday Book. --- King's larderer. --- Lower Stondon. --- Meppershall. --- eyres. --- justices in eyre. --- maps. --- militia. --- watermills.
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