| Description |
1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. An asylum for the aged poor -- 2. 'Pioneer' family history and social mobility -- 3. From Stolen Generations to Link-Up -- 4. Families without breadwinners -- 5. Orphans and spinsters -- 6. Fortune hunters and the fated -- 7. Midwifery and mothers -- 8. Faith, philanthropy and family life -- 9. Family history and shared authority -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Most convicts arriving in New South Wales didn't expect to make their fortunes. Some went on to great success, but countless convicts and free migrants struggled with limited prospects, discrimination and misfortune. Many desperate people turned to The Benevolent Society, Australia's first charity founded in 1813, for assistance and sustenance. In this rich and revealing book, Tanya Evans collaborates with family historians to present the everyday lives of these people. We see many families who have fallen on hard times because of drink, unwanted pregnancy, violence, unemployment or plain bad l |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 6, 2015) |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- New South Wales
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Pioneers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography
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Economic history
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Pioneers
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
New South Wales -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century
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New South Wales -- Economic conditions -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
New South Wales
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781742247267 |
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1742247261 |
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9781742241982 |
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1742241980 |
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