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Mary Thomas: Founding Mother The life and times of a South Australian pioneer PB 328 PP 215 x 150 16 PP B&W PHOTO SECTION ISBN 9781862547834 $34.95 Biography / Australian History / Australian Pioneers Wakefield Press In 1836 Mary Thomas, aged 49, abandoned her comfortable life and home in the centre of London for a tent in the sandhills of Holdfast Bay in the new colony of South Australia. Mary Thomas: Founding Mother is the story of her struggle to hold her family together through controversies and conflicts, economic difficulties and tragedy; a tale of endurance and ultimately of triumph against the odds. |