Well Suited to the Colony

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"WELL SUITED TO THE COLONY".

Well Suited to the Colony (ISBN 0646341626, 287 pages) by Gillian Kelly was financed and published by the Australian Society of the Lacemakers in 1998, partly to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the lacemakers arrival in Australia and partly as a definitive record of "the story of the lace workers from Calais, born in the Midlands, trapped between the poorhouses of England and the French Revolution, who appealed to emigrate to the colonies of Australia in 1848". Chapters in this book include:-

	William Lee and Company
	Nottingham and bobbin lace
	The bobbin net machine in Calais
	Calais and English lace
	Saint Pierre and lace
	An idea is sown
	On leaving Calais and Saint Pierre
	Across the Channel
	Across the World
	On reaching Adelaide
	Adelaide 1848 on
	Those of the Fairlie
	The Agincourt arrives
	Reaching for Bathurst
	The little ships
	Gold

Gillian's book contains shipping lists for all the lacemaker's vessels, a selected bibliography, an index and many photographs and illustrations. To purchase copies of this book contact Gillian Kelly.

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