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Thanks to Margaret Underwood for citing this book. || || Melbourne : Penguin Books, 2012 105 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. Nellie is an Irish immigrant working as a kitchen maid in a large house for a rich family in Adelaide in 1849. Her life is hard, but she is determined to learn to read and to keep in touch with her friend Tom, who has moved with his family to live in Burra and find work in the copper mines. This book is the second in a set of four about Nellie. It gives a good idea of life in early colonial Adelaide. The first book is "Meet Nellie" and explains why many Irish immigrants came to South Australia. || || =Adelaide was founded in 1836.= =Look at these paintings to see how Port Adelaide developed in the first twelve years of settlement:= people to disembark with their goods and they often had to be carried by the sailors. Early sketch, 1839, by J. M. Skipper. ||  ||   || called McLaren Wharf after the manager of the South Australia Company. Picture by J. Hitchen, 1842. ||  ||   || with Adelaide itself. You can see a bridge at the end of the canal. The canal was later filled in and the bridge removed. The Kaurna people continued to live among the white settlers. They called Port Adelaide Yertabulti. In 1858 they were ordered to live at Willunga. ||  ||   || =Now compare the early paintings of Adelaide with the same places photographed in 2013:= Elder Park. You may have been there to a concert. || Governor of South Australia lives. The Governor today does not have as much power as the Governor of the early colony. || painted by S. T. Gill. || North Terrace from Government House corner, 2013. How many differences can you spot.? ||
 * Weather and the science of settlement / Tony Rogers ; consultant meteorologist, Beth Walton ; reseacher, Alan Holmes. Kent Town, S. Aust. : Australian Meteorological Association Incorporated, 2011. This is an excellent fund of primary sources relating to the arrival of the early settlers in South Australia, their struggles with the weather and climate, and their gradual shaping of the city of Adelaide. Much of the material has not been published before.
 * Nellie and the secret letter / Penny Matthews
 * [[image:http://maritime.historysa.com.au/files/featured-images/portmisery.jpg width="571" height="402"]] ||  ||   ||
 * For several years Adelaide's port lacked a proper wharf and was known as Port Misery.It was difficult for
 * [[image:new port adelaide by hitchen 1842.jpg width="612" height="431"]] ||  ||   ||
 * The new port, Adelaide, South Australia. It was built by the South Australia Company in 1841, and the wharf was
 * [[image:Port Adelaide 1846 GF Angas.jpg width="613" height="436"]] ||  ||   ||
 * Port Adelaide 1846 by George French Angas, printed in his book, "South Australia Illustrated", published 1847. ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:old port adelaide canal.jpg width="614" height="349"]] ||  ||   ||
 * Port Adelaide 1847 by S. T. Gill. This painting shows the beginnings of a canal that was going to link Port Adelaide
 * [[image:pportade;aode1848stgill.jpg width="613" height="373"]] ||  ||   ||
 * Port Adelaide 1848 by S. T. Gill ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:light's tents.jpg width="569" height="320"]] || [[image:http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/images/dsc01670.jpg link="@http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/display-image/22/9195/dsc01670.jpg"]] ||
 * This painted engraving was made by early artists from a drawing by Colonel William Light, who chose and surveyed the site for the city of Adelaide. || The place where the early settlers pitched their tents is now
 * [[image:government house old.jpg width="565" height="328"]] || [[image:historycurriculum/government house.jpg width="539" height="316"]] ||
 * By 1845, the colonists had built a grand house for their Governor. This picture of it was painted by S. T. Gill. || The same building is still Government House. It is where the
 * [[image:north terrace with scots church.jpg width="563" height="330"]] || [[image:holy t 7.JPG width="530" height="304"]] ||
 * A very early landmark was Holy Trinity Church on North Terrace. Here it is in 1839, in a painting by Martha S. Berkeley. Note that some of the nearby cottages have roofs thatched with reeds or straw. || Holy Trinity Anglican Church in 2013. From the position of the early painting, the church is obscured by the Morphett Street Bridge. ||
 * [[image:north terrace frm gvt house gate.jpg width="574" height="335"]] || [[image:022.JPG width="454" height="300"]] ||
 * Here is another view of North Terrace, from the corner near Government House in 1845,
 * [[image:king william street old.jpg width="562" height="325"]] || [[image:King William Street.jpg width="492" height="330"]] ||
 * King William Street from Government House corner, painted in 1845 by S. T. Gill. || The same view in 2013. ||
 * [[image:north terrace looking west old.jpg width="558" height="341"]] || [[image:north terrace looking west.jpg width="381" height="285"]] ||
 * North Terrace looking west, produced in 1845 by S. T. Gill || View from approximately the same spot in 2013. ||
 * [[image:old hindley.jpg width="580" height="401"]] || [[image:hindley.JPG width="555" height="407"]] ||
 * View from HIndley Street looking towards the hills. S. T. Gill, 1849. || Hindley Street looking towards the hills 2013. ||
 * [[image:rundle street old.jpg width="540" height="338"]] || [[image:rundle mall.jpg width="475" height="322"]] ||
 * Rundle Street painted by S. T. Gill in 1845. Even then, the building on the left was called The Beehive Corner. || Rundle Mall, 2013 ||
 * [[image:scots church.jpg width="541" height="314"]] || [[image:scots church 2013.jpg width="319" height="321"]] ||
 * Scots Church (Chalmers Church) painted in 1851 for Brown & English, Architects. || The same church in the twenty-first century. ||

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