Station Life in New Zealand

Station Life in New Zealand by Barker, Mary Anne, Lady

Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) that is a New Zealand "classic". These letters are described in the Preface as "the exact account of a lady's experience of the brighter and less practical side of colonisation". The letters were written between 1865 and 1868 and cover the time of her travel with her husband (Frederick Broomie) to New Zealand and life on a colonial sheep-station at their homestead "Broomielaw", located in the Province of Canterbury, South Island of New Zealand. Although these letters are written with great humour and fine story telling, her life was marred by tragedy while in Canterbury through the illness and eventual death of her baby son. (Summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan)

Total running time: 5:45:11 Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

You can listen to the recording for free at http://librivox.org/station-life-in-new-zealand-by-lady-mary-anne-barker

Chapters:

• 01 - Preface and Letter I: Two months at sea--Melbourne
  
• 02 - Letter II: Sight-seeing in Melbourne
  
• 03 - Letter III: On to New Zealand
  
• 04 - Letter IV: First introduction to "Station life"
  
• 05 - Letter V: A pastoral letter
  
• 06 - Letter VI: Society.--houses and servants
  
• 07 - Letter VII: A young colonist.--the town and its neighbourhood
  
• 08 - Letter VIII: Pleasant days at Ilam
  
• 09 - Letter IX: Death in our new home--New Zealand children
  
• 10 - Letter X: Our station home.
  
• 11 - Letter XI: Housekeeping, and other matters.
  
• 12 - Letter XII: My first expedition.
  
• 13 - Letter XIII: Bachelor hospitality.--a gale on shore.
  
• 14 - Letter XIV: A Christmas picnic, and other doings.
  
• 15 - Letter XV: Everyday station life.
  
• 16 - Letter XVI: A sailing excursion on Lake Coleridge
  
• 17 - Letter XVII: My first and last experience of "camping out."
  
• 18 - Letter XVIII: A journey "down south."
  
• 19 - Letter XIX: A Christening gathering.--the fate of Dick
  
• 20 - Letter XX: the New Zealand snowstorm of 1867
  
• 21 - Letter XXI: Wild cattle hunting in the Kowai Bush.
  
• 22 - Letter XXII: The exceeding joy of "burning."
  
• 23 - Letter XXIII: Concerning a great flood
  
• 24 - Letter XXIV: My only fall from horseback.
  

The Android App "Station Life in New Zealand Audio Book" is a full featured media player with:

• Selectable Table of Contents to allow to jump to the start of any of the chapters.
  
• Adjustable Progress Bar to allow to jump to any spot in the current playing chapter
  
• Previous Chapter Button
  
• Rewind Button
  
• Play / Pause Button
  
• Fast Forward Button
  
• Next Chapter Button
  
  
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