Name/TitleA selection of newspaper articles re colonial life 1851-1900
About this objectCopies of letters from the 'Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard', 1851-1900 which describe pioneering life in the Australian colonies.
Letters by John C. Clinch, Richard Spry, Benjamin Bradley, Eustace Clark, Joseph Smith and William Brown.
Details of economic and social life in Victoria, journeys to goldfields at Ballarat and Mount Alexander and effects of same.
Personal accounts of the lives of John Clinch and Eustace Clark.
References to the history of Preston; prospects for female emigrants of 1850s and a woman's impression of pioneering life; the precariousness of a squatters' life; the droughts of 1851 and 1888; the cost of living; descriptions of Geelong, Black Forest; construction of Horsham school; hardships facing Joseph Smith, mention of Emily Sandford.
Overall, an impressionistic picture of nineteenth century life in Victoria.
NOTE: Not all letters are signed.
MakerPalser, Mary
Maker RoleCompiler
Period1850-1860
Subject and Association KeywordsMigration, immigration & emigration
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen
Subject and Association KeywordsSchomberg (Ship)
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Subject and Association KeywordsSquatters and squatting runs
Subject and Association KeywordsBallarat (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsGoldfields
Subject and Association KeywordsMount Alexander (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack Forest (Vic.)
Named CollectionManuscripts Collection
Credit LineDonated by Mary Palser
Object TypeDocument
Object numberMS 000095 (Box 035-9)
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
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