Mary Thomas
Subtitle: founding mother : the life and times of a South Australian pioneer
By: Beth Duncan.
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kent Town, S. Aust
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781862547834
Subjects: Thomas, Mary, -- 1787-1875.; Pioneers -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.; Women pioneers -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- South Australia.; South Australia -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: In 1836 Mary Thomas, aged 49, abandoned her comfortable life and home in London for a tent in the sandhills of Holdfast Bay. This 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.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 292-298.