Notes and Sketches of New South Wales 1839 to 1844

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Author

Louisa Anne Meredith

Narrator

Amy Soakes

Duration

6 hr  56  min 

Accent/s

Australian, Pacific / Oceania

Topics

Culture Tradition Society, History, Science and Technology, Travel and International

Genre/s

Biography and Memoir, Classics, General / Reference, Nonfiction

Era

1700-1910, Historical

Location

Australia, Oceania (Australia / New Zealand / Pacific Isles), Our World

Environment

Beach / Island / Tropics, City / Urban, Rural / Countryside

Audience

Adults, Older Adults 50 plus Anyone of any gender, Anyone of any sexual orientation, Female or Female Identifying, Heterosexual

Heat Levels

Sweet clean wholesome

Relationships

Clean family values, No Relationships

In the summer of 1839, 26-year-old Louisa Anne Meredith, in the company of her husband, Charles Meredith, sailed from England to the British colony of New South Wales, in what was then New Holland.

Four years later, she published a detailed account of the years since she had left England. A fascinating window into the past, Louisa's impressions and experiences cover the four-month ocean voyage; life within the fledgling city of Sydney; travels across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst; and eventual settlement at Homebush in Sydney's west. Vivid observations of Sydney as it was in the 1840s combine with descriptions of flora, fauna and the general way of life in the colony, all told through the eyes of a well-educated, articulate and well-to-do woman who had come from a very different climate and upbringing to that she found in Australia.

Louisa was a naturalist, author and illustrator and her eye for detail provides a historically significant document giving a unique window into early Australian settlement. From descriptions of polite society, to hardships of drought and overland travel; from architecture to politics, convicts to aboriginal customs, Louisa's keen wit and clever insight provide a fascinating account of life in colonial Australia.

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