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She is a former president of the toys and games manufacturers association of australia and of the society of women writers australia, who has been inducted into the australian toy association hall of fame and the national pioneer womens. Pieced together by hilarie lindsay from winifreds memoirs, short stories, letters and unpublished novels, this is an account of the amazing life of a forgotten australian writer. To break the cycle of poverty her father takes part ina land grab and books pasasage for his family to head to australia, work the land and strike it. Click on my library my lists and i will take you there. This is an account of the amazing life of a forgotten australian writer.
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Painstakingly researched, this book is the amazing story of winifred steger, who at the age of seven sailed from england with her father to start a new life in outback queensland. The epic true story of the indomitable winifred steger and her extraordinary life in 19th century outback australia. The land grant that had lured her father to far north queensland proved worthless and they battled for many years to keep themselves alive. Walker grew up illiterate and worked as a washerwoman well into her thirties before. Hilarie lindsay one of xandras favourites this is the story of winifred stegers amazing life in outback. Steger, jane winifred australian dictionary of biography anu. Born in london, winifred emigrated to australia in 1891. The washerwomans dream is an epic story that could easily be the stuff of fiction. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
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