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Hannah Villiers Boyd Hannah Villiers Boyd i(A147232 works by)
Born: Established: 1807
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Ireland,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: ca. 1865
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon A Voice From Australia ; Or, an Inquiry into the Probability of New Holland Being Connected with the Prophecies Relating to New Jerusalem and the Spiritual Temple Hannah Villiers Boyd , Sydney : Robert Barr , 1851 Z1863279 1851 single work prose An attempt to propose a possible future for Australia based on the biblical and prophetic history of Christianity, A Voice from Australia is an analysis and critique of British and Australia society founded on the concept of socialism. In this respect Boyd's utopian desire for the future of Australia, as argued by Sarah Paddle, is one of communal 'self-sufficiency, democratic decision-making and local, even domestic, control over the cultural, social and working lives of their people' (p.157). Boyd also proposes the notion of Australia becoming a pastoral retreat for the 'farmer refugee' from the evils of the British industrial system (p.155). In some respects this logic may well have emerged in response to the work of her brother, John Scott Vandeleur, the founder of the Rathlahine Co-operative in Ireland in the 1830s. Paddle goes on to note, too, that a constant in Boyd's vision is her emotional identification with the wrongs of the poor, and from which she suggests a critique of contemporary industrialisation (p.155).
1 2 y separately published work icon Letters on Education : Addressed to a Friend in the Bush of Australia Hannah Villiers Boyd , Sydney : W. and F. Ford , 1848 Z1863618 1848 single work correspondence In seven letters inscribed to Mrs Hannibal MacArthur, Boyd provides instruction for the educational training of young ladies who live in remote areas of Australia. Her ideas were based on the eleven years she had by then spent as a governess (ctd. "Domestic Intelligence," p.3).
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