Colonial Memories

This 1904 memoir chronicles writer Mary Anne Barker's eventful life in several of Britain's colonies in the nineteenth century.

Mary Anne Barker (Author)

9781108054102, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 February 2013

328 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg

First published in 1904, this book is the last of Lady Mary Anne Barker's memoirs of her life in several of Britain's colonies in the nineteenth century. Barker (1831–1911) was born in Jamaica and educated in England and France. In 1865, she moved to New Zealand with her second husband, Sir Frederick Broome, and spent three years living on a sheep station. She then lived in South Africa, Mauritius, Trinidad, and Western Australia following the various political appointments of her husband. During her travels she began her successful writing career and published several memoirs and housekeeping guides. In Colonial Memories, she recounts her life as a colonial wife, detailing her experiences in far-flung locales. The book also includes chapters on birds, interviews, General Charles Gordon (whom she met in Mauritius), and her servants. Several of the chapters were initially published as articles in London magazines.

A personal story
1. Old New Zealand
2. Old New Zealand - continued
3. Old New Zealand - continued
4. A modern New Zealand
5. Natal memories
6. 'Stella Clavisque Maris Indici'
7. General Charles Gordon
8. Western Australia
9. Western Australia - continued
10. The enrolled guard
11. Trinidad
12. Trinidad - continued
13. Rodrigues
14. Colonial servants
15. Interviews
16. A cooking memory
17. Bird notes
18. Humours of bird life
19. Girls - old and new.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]