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The French Consul's Wife: Memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in Gold-rush Australia
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posted on 2023-05-22, 06:59 authored by Clancy, PA, Allen, JMThis memoir of Cleste de Chabrillan, former Parisian courtesan, circus performer, dancer, and wife of the French consul, offers a firsthand account of the years she spent in gold rush Victoria during the middle of the 19th century. De Chabrillan recounts stories of her childhood in the village of St. Kilda, her time spent in the Ballarat gold field, and her attendance of a public hanging and Governor Hothams beer ball. The publication of this memoir, which includes descriptions of her illegitimate birth, miserable adolescence, and celebrity career as a bareback rider and polka dancer, resulted in de Chabrillan's ostracism from Melbourne society and her being nicknamed the consuls harlot spouse.
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Pagination
336ISBN
0522850669Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Melbourne University PressPlace of publication
Melbourne, VictoriaRepository Status
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