Newly married, Mary Anne Barker sailed with her husband to New Zealand in 1865 and settled on a sheep run in Canterbury. Her letters home describe the voyage and Melbourne, building a house, servants and neighbours, picnics, river crossings, bush fires, cooking chops on a beach and the hazards of a high-country winter, all written while the novelty was fresh.
A cheerful, observant classic of colonial life, written for readers in England who could not imagine it. Download the free EPUB.