Elizabeth Lucas - Teacher in the Hunter Valley, since 1818

Elizabeth Lucas, educated in Great Britain, embarks on a lifelong adventure when she travels with her family on the Cornwall to the penal colony of New South Wales. As a colonist, Elizabeth has no idea what to expect, but after a chance meeting with the then governor, Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, Elizabeth and her family manage to build a new life in the Hunter Valley. Set in both Great Britain and New South Wales, a region only known in Britain as a penal colony in which to place their criminals, this well researched book, following Elizabeth and her family in their struggles to build a better life for themselves and the families transitioning to a life in the Hunter Valley is full of highs, lows and everything in between.