![]() ![]() Consequently, little was known about, for example, the irregular Canterbury weather patterns that would dominate the lives of Lady Barker and her husband for those three short years. The first four ships of settlers that colonised the Canterbury region had only arrived in 1850. Although these letters are written with great humour and fine story telling, her life was marred by tragedy while in Canterbury through the illness and eventual death of her baby son. The letters were written between 18 and cover the time of her travel with her husband (Frederick Broomie) to New Zealand and life on a colonial sheep-station at their homestead "Broomielaw", located in the Province of Canterbury, South Island of New Zealand. These letters are described in the Preface as "the exact account of a lady's experience of the brighter and less practical side of colonisation". ![]() Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) that is a New Zealand "classic". ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert Station Life in New Zealand ![]()
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