Life & Labour

William Webb (1830-1919): Migration, Immigration & Emigration

Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …

For the working class, labour was the duty that helped them provide for themselves and their family through a certain trade that …

Hotel life was a new experience from private life to public Martha Martin, ‘The Ups and Downs of Life’, p.97 David Vincent …

In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the worker’s monthly calendar: pay day. And …

In a memoir entitled ‘‘Early Working Life from 1921 to 1936’ and other autobiographical fragments’, it is unsurprising to discover the central …

While much of what follows has already been discussed in detail elsewhere. This blog differs in that it will form a chronology …

Those were the days of slavery. Mrs Jones’ 2 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL letters, page 15. Primed for her working duties as a domestic servant …

“Then came the clatter of clogs on pavements (flags they were called) as the workers scurried along as if they had stepped …

What a difference to the Baltic and the Vedic although the food was good in those ships, but the lads were not …

During the 20th century it is evident that many of the working class worked to live. This is evident through Doris’s portrayal of …