The French consul's wife : memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in gold-rush Australia

Author(s)

• Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse
• Clancy, Patricia A.
• Allen, Jeanne

Bibliographic Information

The French consul's wife : memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in gold-rush Australia

translation, with introduction and notes, by Patricia Clancy and Jeanne Allen, of Un deuil au bout du monde (1877)

（Miegunyah Press series, Series 2 ; no. 18）

Miegunyah Press, 1998

Other Title

Deuil au bout du monde

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-296) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A former Parisian courtesan, circus performer and dancer, Celeste de Chabrillan scandalised Melbourne society when she arrived in 1854 as the wife of the French Consul. These memoirs give a vivid first-hand account of the two-and-a-half years she spent in goldrush Victoria.

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Details

• NCID: BA47073602
• ISBN:
  • 0522847757
• LCCN: 98221547
• Country Code: at
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Carlton South, Vic.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 304 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN23638.C5
  • DC21 : 792/.028/092
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chabrillan, Céleste Vénard de, comtesse, 1824-1909
  • LCSH : Actors -- France Biography
  • LCSH : Victoria -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria
  • LCSH : Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12102544