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The Occupation of Baker's Flat: a Study of Irishness and Power In The Occupation of Baker’s Flat: A Study of Irishness and Power in Nineteenth Century South Australia by Susan Arthure B. Social Science (Hons) Grad. Dip. Library & Information Management (with Distinction) A thesis submitted in partial requirements for the degree of Master of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders University, October 2014 ii Declaration I certify that this thesis does not incorporate without acknowledgment any material previously submitted for a degree or diploma in any university; and that to the best of my knowledge and belief it does not contain any material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the text. Name: Susan Arthure Signature: _________________________________ Date: _________________________________ iv Table of contents List of figures .............................................................................................................. iv List of tables ............................................................................................................... vii Glossary and abbreviations ........................................................................................ vii Abstract ....................................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................... xi 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 The research questions and their significance .............................................................. 1 Limitations .................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter outline ............................................................................................................. 6 2 The literature of identity ......................................................................................... 7 Identity .......................................................................................................................... 7 Class ................................................................................................................... 10 Ethnicity ............................................................................................................. 13 Irishness: a culturally distinct identity? ...................................................................... 16 The materiality of Irishness ........................................................................................ 21 Land and settlement patterns .............................................................................. 21 Religion, folk beliefs and traditions ................................................................... 26 Could the Irish be respectable? .......................................................................... 27 Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 28 3 Historical background .......................................................................................... 29 The new colony of South Australia ............................................................................ 29 How the Irish fitted into South Australia ................................................................... 31 The development of Kapunda and the Irish connection ............................................. 33 i The Irish of Baker’s Flat ............................................................................................ 35 Narratives of Baker’s Flat .................................................................................. 40 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 47 4 Methods .................................................................................................................. 49 Site survey .................................................................................................................. 49 Artefact collection ...................................................................................................... 53 Background ........................................................................................................ 53 Artefact cataloguing ........................................................................................... 55 5 Results .................................................................................................................... 59 Site survey .................................................................................................................. 59 Artefact collection ...................................................................................................... 63 Architecture ........................................................................................................ 64 Domestic ............................................................................................................ 65 Personal .............................................................................................................. 70 Recreation .......................................................................................................... 86 Societal/religious ................................................................................................ 87 Tools and equipment .......................................................................................... 96 6 Analysis: The artefacts of Irishness ..................................................................... 99 Respectable lives .............................................................................................. 100 The practice of religion and folk beliefs .......................................................... 102 Social activities ................................................................................................ 107 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 109 7 A wider perspective on the Baker’s Flat Irish .................................................. 111 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 114 ii Future research directions ........................................................................................ 116 8 References ............................................................................................................ 119 9 Appendices ........................................................................................................... 143 Appendix A Family names associated with Baker’s Flat ......................................... 144 Appendix B The O’Callahans, last family on Baker’s Flat? .................................... 145 Appendix C Kapunda Survey Recording Form ....................................................... 146 Appendix D Cataloguing guidelines ........................................................................ 148 Appendix E Trouser and uniform button manufacturers .......................................... 168 Appendix F Ratepayers of Baker’s Flat ................................................................... 171 Appendix G Landowners of Baker’s Flat ................................................................. 173 Appendix H Catalogue and photographs of metal artefacts ..................................... 175 iii List of figures Figure 1.1 Location map showing the Baker’s Flat study area outlined in red, and locations of Kapunda and Adelaide. Image from Google Earth, 27 July 2014. ...................................... 2 Figure 2.1 Identity is a complex mix of elements. ................................................................. 10 Figure 2.2 Irish symbols used in a circular brooch, sugar bowl and tongs, and casket, dating from the 1850s to 1890s (Sheehy 1977:230-231). ................................................................. 18 Figure 2.3 Typical examples of Irish vernacular architecture (Danaher 1978:18, 30, 31). .... 23 Figure 3.1 Extract from exercise book belonging to Mary Teresa Neilan, St Joseph’s School, Baker’s Flat dated 4 September 1878. Photo courtesy of P. Swann, Kapunda. ..................... 37 Figure 3.2 1893 survey plan of section 7598, Baker’s Flat. ................................................... 38 Figure 3.3 Miss O'Calaghan [O’Callahan], one of the last residents of Baker's Flat. Photo courtesy of the Kapunda Museum. ......................................................................................... 39 Figure 3.4 Nineteenth century cottage on Baker's Flat, date unknown. Photo courtesy of P. Swann, Kapunda. .................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 3.5 The Lonely Cottage. Photo by John Kauffmann of a cottage at Baker’s Flat, exhibited at the 1907 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (Art Gallery of South Australia n.d.). ..................................................................................... 44 Figure 3.6 An old time village, Baker’s Flat, near Kapunda. Photos by John Kauffmann, published in the Christmas Observer of 13 December 1906. Photo courtesy of the Kapunda Museum.
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