Martha Martin (b.1871): Life & Labour [2/3] Hotel life was a new experience from private life to public Martha Martin, ‘The Ups and Downs of Life’, p.97 David Vincent …
William Webb (1830-1919): Life & Labour While much of what follows has already been discussed in detail elsewhere. This blog differs in that it will form a chronology …
A.W Todd: Work Pays. Leisure and Recreation In keeping with the work orientated themes, we come to the most revered day in the worker’s monthly calendar: pay day. And …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Life & Labour “Then came the clatter of clogs on pavements (flags they were called) as the workers scurried along as if they had stepped …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Life & Labour What a difference to the Baltic and the Vedic although the food was good in those ships, but the lads were not …
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 …
Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Life & Labour (Part 1) For the working class, labour was the duty that helped them provide for themselves and their family through a certain trade that …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Life and Labour During the 20th century it is evident that many of the working class worked to live. This is evident through Doris’s portrayal of …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Life & Labour ‘It was not a question of my parents being unkind, they knew only too well how much it would help to have …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Life & Labour “…her remark when she said “The working classes were a lazy lot” used to make me furious for, if people “work” how …