To Find a Fortune - Women of the Thames Goldfield, 1867-1893

Women's Studies, Victoria University, Wellington, 1995. Some markings throughout.

To Find a Fortune explores the lives of women who inhabited the Thames Goldfield between 1867-1893. This thoroughly-researched history of women of colonial Thames unearths a wealth of detail about the lives of women in one of New Zealand's foremost frontier towns in the nineteenth century. This book will challenge your assumptions about pioneering women of New Zealand! Renowned women featured: Mary Ann Colclough; Frances Haselden; The Lush Family; Mary Leavitt; Jenny Wren.