The file contains photocopied extracts from Seven Little Billabongs by Brenda Niall. (Now out of print.)
1. 1 x A4 page: Cover
2. 12 x A4 pages: Chapter 2, "Mary Grant Bruce". Includes photo. In this chapter Brenda Niall states "It was probably late 1898 - her accounts of her departure vary - when Minnie Bruce left home for Melbourne. ... and during her first year at least she was able to board with her former teacher, Miss Beausire, who opened a school in Hotham Street, East Melbourne in 1899". The Sands & McDougall Post Office Directories list Miss Estelle Beausire at 111 Hotham Street 1900-1902.
3. 9 x A4 paages: Chapter 4, "Billabong Revisited"
4. 2 pages: List of Works of Mary Grant Bruce, and Bibliography.
File compiled by Elizabeth Cam