| ISBN |
9780646941417 |
| Author |
McLeod, Anne (author) |
| Title |
The summit of her ambition : the spirited life of Marie Byles 1900-1979 / Anne McLeod ; foreword by the Hon. Elizabeth Evatt AC. |
| Cover title |
Summit of her ambition : the spirited life of Marie Byles |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
[Katoomba], [New South Wales] : Anne McLeod, [2016]. |
| ©2016. |
| Description |
xii, 208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"Foreword by the Hon. Elizabeth Evatt AC"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-202 and 207-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Dare to have a purpose firm, 1900-1917 -- Ch. 2. The glory of the pioneer, 1918-1927 -- Ch. 3. Pioneering in law, 1927-1928 -- Ch. 4. By cargo boat and mountain, 1928-1929 -- Ch. 5. The law of the living world, 1929-1932 -- Ch. 6. Bouddi Natural Park -- Ch. 7. Bagging virgin peaks, 1932-1938 -- Ch. 8. The black dragon, 1938 -- Ch. 9. Ahimsa, 1939-1941 -- Ch. 10. An adventure in loneliness, 1941-1945 -- Ch. 11. No peace to be found, 1946-1953 -- Ch. 12. Lead kindly light, 1953-1954 -- Ch. 13. Pioneering Buddhism in the west, 1955-1957 -- Ch. 14. Journey into Burmese silence, 1957-1960 -- Ch. 15. Paths to inner calm, 1960-1963 -- Ch. 16. Cleaning honourable toilets, 1961-1965 -- Ch. 17. The measure of our gift, 1966-1970 -- Ch. 18. The greatest lessons learnt, 1970-1974 -- Ch. 19. Adventurous spirit, 1974-1979. |
| Summary |
Lawyer, feminist, environmentalist, mountaineer, Buddhist - the exceptional story of the first woman to practise law in New South Wales. |
| Subjects |
Byles, Marie Beuzeville, -- 1900-1979 |
| Feminists -- Australia -- Biography |
| Women conservationists -- Australia -- Biography |
| Women explorers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Women lawyers -- Australia |
| Women mountaineers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Spiritual life -- Australia -- Anecdotes |
| Spiritual life -- Buddhism |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Evatt, Elizabeth Andreas, 1933- (writer of foreword) |
| Call number |
2021.071 |
