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Sarah Lee Sarah Lee i(A55961 works by) (birth name: Lee Wallis) (a.k.a. Sarah Wallis Lee; Mrs R. Lee; Mrs Robert Lee; Sarah Bowdich; Mrs T. E. Bowdich; Mrs T. E. Bowditch)
Born: Established: 10 Sep 1791 ; Died: Ceased: 23 Sep 1856
Gender: Female
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1 The Wanderings of Captain Spencer in the Bush and the Wilds (from Adventures in Australia) Sarah Lee , 1989-1851 extract
— Appears in: Impressions : West Coast Fiction 1829-1988 1989; (p. 19-23)
1 3 y separately published work icon Adventures in Australia, or, The Wanderings of Captain Spencer in the Bush and the Wilds : Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Habits of Natives, and the Natural Productions and Features of the Country Sarah Lee , London : Grant and Griffith , 1851 Z844144 1851 single work children's fiction adventure travel children's

'The novel is a Robinsonade, in which Spencer is shipwrecked and crosses the continent from north to south then travels east with his horse Tiger, his dog Gipsy, his parrot Charlie and Kinchela, his Aboriginal mentor. The resourceful Captain undergoes every difficulty and privation imaginable, all the time observing the remarkable animals, birds, and insects around him, the scientific names of which are provided for the reader.'

(Source: Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature, 1993)

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