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Station Amusements in New Zealand

Gelesen von Gail Timmerman Vaughan

(5 Sterne; 7 Bewertungen)

Station Amusements in New Zealand is a collection of vignettes about life on a sheep station (high country farm) in colonial New Zealand during the 1860s and is a further embellishment of events presented in Mary Anne Barker’s first book "Station Life in New Zealand". Mary Anne Barker and her husband Frederick Broomie lived at their sheep station “Broomielaw” under the foothills of the Southern Alps of Canterbury, New Zealand for three years from 1865 – 1868. Mary Anne Barker wrote in Chapter I: “I purpose therefore in these sketches to describe some of the pursuits which afforded us a keen enjoyment at the time, --an enjoyment arising from perfect health, simple tastes, and an exquisite climate.” (Summary by Gail Timmerman Vaughan) (5 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Preface

1:18

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Chapter I: A bush picnic

35:21

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Chapter II: Eel-fishing

23:02

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Chapter III: Pig-stalking

14:35

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Chapter IV: Skating in the back country

22:02

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Chaper V: Toboggon-ing

15:02

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Chapter VI: Buying a run

22:54

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Chapter VII: Buying a run -- continued

19:20

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Chapter VIII: Looking for a congregation

25:00

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Chapter IX: Another shepherd's hut

18:21

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Chapter X: Swaggers

35:37

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Chapter XI: Changing servants

15:47

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Chapter XII: Culinary troubles

14:03

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Chapter XIII: Amateur servants

23:05

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Chapter XIV: Our pets

24:13

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Chapter XV: A feathered pet

10:56

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Chapter XVI: Doctoring without a diploma

25:57

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Chapter XVII: Odds and ends

11:38

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Bewertungen

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I enjoyed both the story and the reader very much! Be sure to listen to Station Life which is the first book.