Memoirs [manuscript]. [18--]

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Memoirs [manuscript]. [18--]

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Memoirs entitled "Odds and ends of recollections of my life jotted down for the information of my children as they have recurred to me". Book 1 covers: Vidal's childhood in Devonshire in the late 1830s, including mentions of various family members; life in New South Wales (1840-45) at Minchinbury, Balmain, Carawarago (a cattle station in the Sutton Forest district) and Campbelltown, with descriptions of his family's experiences with bushrangers (including Jacky Jacky), Aborigines and convict servants; the family's return to England; schooling at Eton; and time spent in Paris. Book 2 deals with Vidal's time in the United States; his return to England and time at Cambridge University; and his marriage and life at Eton.

4 cm. (217 p.)

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Vidal, Francis, Mrs, 1815-1873

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Writer. Mary Theresa Vidal published as Mrs Francis Vidal. Tales for the Bush, published in 1845, was the first collection of short stories to be published in Australia. From the description of Autograph manuscript of Tales for the bush, 1844 [manuscript]. 1844. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225105775 Writer. Mary Theresa Vidal sailed for Australia with her husband in 1839; she returned to England in ca. 1844. Her published works include "Tales for the bush" (18...

Vidal family.

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Vidal, F. Furse.

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Francis Furse Vidal, eldest son of writer Mary Therese Vidal (Mrs Francis Vidal). Vidal spent five years of his childhood in Australia (1840-1845), upon return to England he went to school at Eton. He worked in a bank for a short time, then spent some time in Paris singing, before being appointed assistant to the general manager of a company in California which supplied water to gold mines. Vidal later returned to England where he studied at Cambridge University and then Cuddeston Theological Co...