A Lady's Visit To The Gold Diggings Of Australia In 1852-53 By Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy




















































































































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To those of my own sex who desire to emigrate to Australia, I say do so
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To Those Of My Own Sex Who Desire To Emigrate To Australia, I Say Do So By All Means, If You Can Go Under Suitable Protection, Possess Good Health, Are Not Fastidious Or "Fine-Lady-Like," Can Milk Cows, Churn Butter, Cook A Good Damper, And Mix A Pudding.

The worst risk you run is that of getting married, and finding yourself treated with twenty times the respect and consideration you may meet with in England.

Here (as far as number goes) women beat the "lords of creation;" in Australia it is the reverse, and, there we may be pretty sure of having our own way.

But to those ladies who cannot wait upon themselves, and whose fair fingers are unused to the exertion of doing anything useful, my advice is, for your own sakes remain at home. Rich or poor, it is all the same; for those who can afford to give 40 pounds a-year to a female servant will scarcely know whether to be pleased or not at the acquisition, so idle and impertinent are they; scold them, and they will tell you that "next week Tom, or Bill, or Harry will be back from the diggings, and then they'll be married, and wear silk dresses, and be as fine a lady as yourself;" and with some such words will coolly dismiss themselves from your service, leaving their poor unfortunate mistress uncertain whether to be glad of their departure or ready to cry because there's nothing prepared for dinner, and she knows not what to set about first.

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