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Desert queen, the many lives and loves of Daisy Bates, Susanna De Vries

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Desert queen, the many lives and loves of Daisy Bates, Susanna De Vries

Language

eng

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biography

Main title

Desert queen

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774666356

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Susanna De Vries

Sub title

the many lives and loves of Daisy Bates

Summary

In the 1890s, when a woman's role was seen as marrying well and raising a family, Daisy Bates reinvented herself from humble governess to heiress traveller and "woman of science". She would become one of the best known and most controversial ethnologists in history, and one of the first people to put Aboriginal culture on the map. Born into tough circumstances, Daisy's prospects were dim. Through sheer strength of will, young Daisy overcame her miserable start, and in 1883 she migrated to Australia with a boatload of orphans, passing herself off as an heiress who taught for fun. Marriage followed -- first with the young Breaker Morant, then bigamously with two other husbands. For decades she led a double life. But who was the real Daisy Bates?

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adult

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