Project Gutenberg 2025-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 138 Barker, Lady (Mary Anne) 1831 1911 Barker, Mary Anne, Lady Broome, Lady (Mary Anne) Broome, Mary Anne Stewart Barker, Lady Stewart, Mary Anne Colonial memories $aLondon :$bSmith, Elder, & Co., $c1904. MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Colonial Memories" by Lady Broome is a collection of personal recollections and travel sketches written in the early 20th century. The book centers around the author's experiences living in various British colonies, especially New Zealand, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Through engaging anecdotes and reflective narratives, Lady Broome shares insights on colonial life, societal changes, and her own family’s adventures across the globe. The opening of "Colonial Memories" introduces Lady Broome’s nomadic childhood and the beginnings of her adult life, shaped by marriage, widowhood, and remarriage, which led her to extensive travels around the British Empire. She recounts early memories, including a gypsy’s prophecy of lifelong wanderings, her upbringing in Jamaica, and her experiences following her military husband to India and later marrying a New Zealand sheep farmer. The narrative soon shifts to vivid descriptions of colonial New Zealand, highlighting the daily challenges, domestic life, hardships of rural living, and the communal nature of colonial society. Lady Broome’s detailed, often humorous, observations convey both the difficulties and pleasures of adapting to new lands and cultures, providing a compelling glimpse into the realities and transformations of British colonial life at the turn of the century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/colonialmemories00bark 20230423221423barker 1904 GB Reading ease score: 60.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Country life -- New Zealand -- History New Zealand -- Biography New Zealand -- Social life and customs Barker, Lady (Mary Anne), 1831-1911 Governors' spouses -- New Zealand -- Diaries New Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918 DU Text Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing Category: History - British 490328 2025-07-30T05:19:25.774388 text/html 465084 2025-04-07T01:56:04 text/html 525485 2025-07-30T05:19:32.905346 application/epub+zip 521945 2025-07-30T05:19:27.481347 application/epub+zip 374321 2025-07-30T05:19:26.467374 application/epub+zip 1110132 2025-07-30T05:19:37.002296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1071759 2025-07-30T05:19:32.207306 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447471 2025-07-30T05:19:25.194379 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 427610 2025-04-07T01:56:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17753 2025-07-30T05:19:37.152270 application/rdf+xml 12772 2025-07-30T05:19:26.741331 image/jpeg 2079 2025-07-30T05:19:26.617340 image/jpeg 1084239 2025-07-30T05:19:25.828333 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia