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Fractured Families - Life on the margins in colonial New South Wales (Paperback)
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Fractured Families - Life on the margins in colonial New South Wales (Paperback)
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The poorest men and women in colonial NSW are no longer
marginalised, but front and centre in a book that reveals what life
was like for them. 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 - many
writing about their own ancestors - to present the everyday lives
of these people. The detailed and extensive archives of The
Benevolent Society allow us to reclaim these unknown lives and
understand our own history better, not to mention the often random
nature of betterment and progress.
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