Description
Miss Leake’s Journal
Author: Alice Meredith Hodgson
Published: 2014 by Research Tasmania, Hobart
Size: 188 A5 pages
ISBN: 9780992496708
Rosedale was the centre of Sarah Leake’s world. Her journal, penned in the mid-nineteenth century when women led lives focussed on domesticity, reveals a close family and a diverse social network. Some were elite, some were not: daily life brought Sarah into contact with all classes. It gives an insight into the management of the house, the relationship between members of the family and their predominantly convict house servants, the requirements for daily life in an isolated rural setting, and the visiting and visitors associated with colonial socialising.
The book is fully indexed and contains illustrations, recipes, extensive annotations and background information to assist with the interpretation of the journal.
Contents
- Prologue
- Miss Sarah Leake of Rosedale
- Explanatory Notes on the Transcription
- Transcription: Journal of Sarah Elizabeth Leake – covers the period April 1854 to May 1855
- Miss Leake in the Kitchen – recipes
- Annotations – information on people and places mentioned in the journal
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index
Review
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart:
An insightful window into a colonial private world this remarkable account of the day-to-day life of an elite nineteenth century Tasmanian woman has been expertly framed and contextualised.
