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French Consul's Wife : Memoirs of Celeste De Chabrillan in Gold-rush Austtralia

Chabrillan, Celeste DeClancy, Patricia(Edited by)McLean, Jeanne(Edited by)Allen, Jeanne(Translated by)Clancy, Patricia(Translated by)McLean, Jeanne(Translated by)
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A former Parisian courtesan, bare-back-rider, and polka dancer, Celeste de Chabrillan scandalized Melbourne when she arrived in 1854.

Her vivid account of years spent in diplomatic circles and on the goldfields reveals her great energy and will.

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The Miegunyah Press
0522847757 / 9780522847758
Hardback
10/05/1994
Australia
315 pages, illustrations, 1coat-of-arms, facsimiles, portraits
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