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'Mary Cameron was self-confident, an aspirant writer and feminist - but she also took with her white muslin for a wedding dress; and she married a near illiterate shearer William Gilmore. Their socialist dream foundered before very long and they had to earn their passage home with their baby son - through the impossibly remote country communities of Paraguay and the vast estancias of Argentina to Patagonia, the 'end of the earth' made famous by Darwin and Bruce Chatwin. Anne Whitehead brilliantly counterpoints her own wanderings with Mary's. After seven years in South America the Gilmores sailed home. Poet and national icon, Mary Gilmore's portrait now graces the Australian USD 10 note.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Luis
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A very brief review of this work appears in The Weekend Australian (Review), 21-22 August 2004, p.14.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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"Bluestocking in Patagonia" : Mary Gilmore's Quest at the World's End
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Papers , Summer vol. 16 no. 1 2004; (p. 22-33) -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 11 no. 4 2003; (p. 47)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Ladders in Author's Stockings
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 September 2003; (p. 14)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Souls Searching
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 August vol. 121 no. 6387 2003; (p. 71)
— Review of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea : The Life of Australian Whaling Captain, William Chamberlain : A Tale of Abduction, Adventure and Murder 2003 single work biography ; Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Patagonian Sojourn
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 253 2003; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography
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Mary Would Have Fitted the Bill
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 July 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Biography
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 July 2003; (p. 6)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Portrait of a Voyage Into Darkness
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 July 2003; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Patagonian Sojourn
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 253 2003; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
Souls Searching
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 August vol. 121 no. 6387 2003; (p. 71)
— Review of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea : The Life of Australian Whaling Captain, William Chamberlain : A Tale of Abduction, Adventure and Murder 2003 single work biography ; Bluestocking in Patagonia 2003 single work biography -
"Bluestocking in Patagonia" : Mary Gilmore's Quest at the World's End
2004
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Papers , Summer vol. 16 no. 1 2004; (p. 22-33)
Awards
Last amended 15 May 2024 11:33:34
Subjects:
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cParaguay,cSouth America, Americas,
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cArgentina,cSouth America, Americas,
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Patagonia,
cArgentina,cSouth America, Americas,
- 1890s
- 1900s
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