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Innamincka

Burchill, Elizabeth
173 pages plus a 5 page appendix, illustrated. A clean unmarked and solid copy, the binding so tight that it might be unread. What makes this copy interesting is that there is a handwritted dedication by Elizabeth Burchill to Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. It also includes the Order of Service for Elizabeth's Burchill's funeral, the newspaper cutting from the deaths' notices, her obituary from the Age and an Age photo of Elizabth Burchill and Weary Dunlop "at the launch of her new book 'Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990' " "Personal reminiscences of two years as nursing sister at A.I.M. nursing home at Innamincka; p.3637; Brief notes on trade in pituri, treatment of leaves, route from Cooper & Milligan Rs. via Numblewarra & Kalidjewarra waterholes, Moncoonie Lake, Tooekangaroo to Birdsville, then eastward to Pacific Ocean p.57-58; Note on meaning of corroboree; p.78-79; Employment of men & women on pastoral properties, living conditions, abandonment of camp after death, burial method, (interment, stick covered grave); p.128; Note on breast milk used as remedy for ophthalmia." (Trove)
Published 1987 Seal Books Australia

$40.00

Condition Jacket Condition Binding Size
Very Good N/A Soft cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Good Reading Book Reference: 19603
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