Mabel Mary Taylor (1874 – 26 January 1909) was an Australian diarist, who is best remembered for the 18 months that she spent in Alice Springs as the governess to the family of Thomas Bradshaw, the postmaster at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station between 1905 and 1907. During her period with the Bradshaw family she wrote a series of diaries and letters which were published, in a compiled form, in 2011.[1] Her records furnish some lively accounts of people and daily life in the early years of Alice Springs, which was then called Stuart, when it was a tiny one-hotel settlement[2] and give details about the children she taught (including Doris Blackwell; another strong character is Amelia Kunoth), the clothes she wore, remote places she visited, passing explorers and missionaries and the active social life of the settlement.[1][3]
- ^ a b Mabel Taylor's diary and letters from Alice Springs 1905 to 1907. Kennedy, Rosemary. Darwin, N.T.: Historical Society of the N.T. 2012. ISBN 978-1-921576-63-8. OCLC 787911587.
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- ^ Traynor, Stuart (2016). Alice Springs : from singing wire to iconic outback town. Mile End, South Australia. ISBN 978-1-74305-449-9. OCLC 958933012.
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