Book description
Alice Guerin Crist was born on 6th February 1876 at Clare Castle, Clare in Ireland.The family moved to Queensland, Australia when Alice was two. Her father, a teacher, was employed at several small, south-eastern rural schools. Here Alice was educated and later helped out as a pupil-teacher.In 1896 Alice began work at Blackhall Range State School near Landsborough and then West Haldon the following year. In attempting to retrieve some truant students her actions were mis-interpreted and she was dismissed.She returned to her family home which was now at Douglas on the Darling Downs.Her devout Irish Catholicism was at first associated with democratic politics and in 1902 she joined the Social Democratic Vanguard.On 4th October 1902 in Toowoomba, she married a German immigrant farmer, Joseph Christ, who later changed the name to Crist. In 1910 the couple moved to an isolated property near Bundaberg but returned to Toowoomba in 1913 when Joseph started a fuel supply business there.Alice gave birth to five children during the marriage but still managed to find time, when not carrying out the many needs of running a farm and family, to pursue a prolific literary career.She published much in the way of poetry and short verse in the Australian secular and religious press including the Bulletin (Sydney), Worker, Steele Rudd's Magazine, Home Budget, Toowoomba Chronicle, Catholic Advocate and Catholic Press.Her constant themes were rural and domestic experiences, beautifully describing the countryside and the struggles of the Irish Australian pioneers.In 1917, during WWI, her youngest brother, Felician, was killed at Passchendaele, Belgium. Thereafter for many years she contributed yearly Anzac Day poems to the Toowoomba Chronicle.Among the poetry books published at this time were ‘When Rody Came to Ironbark and Other Verses’ (1927) and ‘Eucharist Lilies and Other Verses’ (1928).In 1927 the Brisbane Catholic Advocate engaged Alice for poems, short stories and a serial celebrating the contribution of the Christian Brothers to Catholic education. The latter became a novel 'Go It! Brothers!!’ (1928).By 1930 Alice became 'Betty Bluegum', the editor of the children's page, and published much and varied works on Queensland's Catholic children exemplifying Irish-Australian nationalism and nature as well as encouraging her young correspondents.In 1935 she was awarded King George V's jubilee medal and in 1937 King George VI's coronation medal.Alice Guerin Crist died of tuberculosis on 13th June 1941 in hospital at Toowoomba.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience