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The Ambitions of Lady Franklin – 6th November 2012

November 6, 2012

Presentation by Alison Alexander

Clarence Seniors and Citizens Centre

Tuesday, 6th November 2012 Commencing 8.00 pm until 10.00 pm

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE

 

About the Speaker

 

Brief Abstract of the Talk

Jane Franklin was the wife of John Franklin, governor of Van Diemen’s Land form 1837 to 1843. Unusually for women of her time, she became internationally famous. Her two ambitions were to live life to the full, and to make her husband a hero. Today her first ambition might bring her fame, but in the nineteenth century it was her second ambition which brought her stardom.

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