Station Life in New Zealand (Virago/Beacon Travelers) [Paperback]

Lady Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1987 | ISBN-10: 0807070297 | ISBN-13: 978-0807070291

Rural New Zealand in the Nineteenth Century

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Book Description

First published in 1870, Lady Barker's enthusiastic description of three years spent on a sheep station in New Zealand is full of intriguing insights into colonial life. These letters to her sister record the 'delight and freedom' of Barker's daily life and surroundings, as well as some daunting adventures. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Beacon Pr (November 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807070297
• ISBN-13: 978-0807070291
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,896,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating view into the past, December 22, 2010

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This review is from: Station Life in New Zealand (Kindle Edition)

This book is fascinating for anyone at all interested in New Zealand history or a general account of life in the past. It is surprisingly well written for what is just a series of letters, and gives a real insight into life as a pioneer in the 1860s, with all its highs and lows. You'll laugh at the author's first attempts at baking, and cry with her as she digs dead lambs from a snowdrift. It's a wonderful book and I heartily recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very amusing look at the past, October 27, 2011

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I was hoping for far more details about working and handling sheep in the ways the New Zealander's did in the past when I got this book. Unfortunately, this is a collection of letters from a 'high society' girl that was packed up and moved to the NZ outback with her fiancee. Granted, it's amusing and reasonably interesting to read how she sees the world, as well as a bit insightful into how at least one family thought of their slaves and house maids during a time fortunately long behind us.

4.0 out of 5 stars published letters - free for Kindle, February 20, 2012

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Even well written letters won't contain the whole story. Still I enjoyed the descriptions of life on a frontier. The storms, the relationships, and the culture left me wanting more; but friends can't share everything in letters. That is part of the time period. Intimate feeling but no "twitter" details. This free book was worth more than I paid for it.