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The Immigration of Domestic Servants to Western Australia in the 1850S
The Immigration of Domestic Servants to Western Australia in the 1850s and 1890s Emily Jayne Chambers Bachelor of Arts in History i ii Statement of Presentation This thesis is presented as part of the requirements for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts in History at Murdoch University. May 2017 I declare that this thesis is my own account of my research and contains, as its main content, work that has not previously been submitted for a degree at any tertiary educational institution, including Murdoch. Signed: Full name: Emily Jayne Chambers Student Number: 32194406 Date: 2 June 2017 iii Copyright Acknowledgement Form I acknowledge that a copy of this thesis will be held at the Murdoch University Library. I understand that, under the provisions of s51.2 of the Copyright Act 1968, all or part of this thesis may be copied without infringement of copyright where such a reproduction is for the purposes of study and research. This statement does not signal any transfer of copyright away from the author. Signed: Full Name of Degree: Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History Thesis Title: The Immigration of Domestic Servants to Western Australia in the 1850s and 1890s Author: Emily Jayne Chambers Year: 2017 iv Abstract The demand for domestic servants in nineteenth-century Western Australia was largely supplied by the government-assisted immigration of parties of single British women to the colony. The two greatest times of servant immigration were, roughly, the 1850s (1849-63) and the 1890s (1889-1901). This thesis compares these decades, showing that, despite changes over time in the women who immigrated to Western Australia, their experience of restrictions in both the journey and domestic service remained consistent. -
Votes Nein Soutt
Votes Nein Soutt No. 1. VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. WEDNESDAY, 27 JANUARY, 1875. • 1. OPENING op PARLIAMENT :—The House met at Twelve o'clock, at noon, pursuant to a Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of December, 1871, of which a copy was read by the Clerk, as follows :— " NEW SOUSE( WALES, I ProclamationLy His Excellency Sir HERCULES G-EORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, "to Wit Knight Commander of' the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Oovernor and Commander-in-Chief of the "HERCULES ROBINSON, Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Yi ce-Adnziral " Governor, of the same. "In pursuance of the power and authority vested in me as such Governor as aforesaid, by virtue " of the Act intituled ' An dot to confer a Constitution on New South TVales and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty,' as assented to by Her Majesty, under the authority of the Act of " the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session of the 18th and 19th years of the reign of Her " said Majesty, intituled 'An del to enable ller Majesty to assent to a Bill as amended of the " Legislature of New South Wales to confer a Constitution on New South Wales and to rant " a Civil List to Her Majesty,' I do hereby proclaim that a Session of the Legislative Council " and Legislative Assembly for the Colony of New South Wales, for the despatch of business, " shall commence and be holden on Wednesday, the twenty-seVenth day of January next, at 12 " o'clock, at noon, in the buildings known as the Legislative Council Chambers, in M.acquarie- " street, in the City of Sydney ; and the Members of the said Legislative Council and Legislative " Assembly, respectively, are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place "accordingly. -
The Six Seasons: Shifting Australian Nature Writing Towards Ecological Time and Embodied Temporality by John Ryan
TRANSFORMATIONS Journal of Media & Culture http://www.transformationsjournal.org/issues/21/article_0... ISSN 1444-3775 2012 Issue No. 21 — Rethinking the Seasons: New Approaches to Nature The Six Seasons: Shifting Australian Nature Writing Towards Ecological Time and Embodied Temporality By John Ryan The sliding fit of month to season sees more frogs bronze-backed now than green and old fruit trees declare themselves along creekbanks in russet and fawn like cedars long ago spied from a mountain. The seasons used to blur, or so we dream, on the wheel of an idyll, before we came. An idle wheel, we said, and lashed the years to make them a driving wheel. Idylls were idols, thefts of time. Les Murray “The Idyll Wheel” In(tro)duction When I first arrived in the biodiverse Southwest corner of Western Australia (W.A.) in 2008 from the temperate climes of the eastern United States, I was struck – as many visitors have been before me – by the seasonal differences between the hemispheres. Rather than resuming my familiar four-season consciousness, splicing up time according to significant plummets in temperature or the dramatic falling of deciduous leaves, I had to adjust to the subtle movements, sounds, smells and tastes rhythmically tracing the course of the solar year. My poem “quandong kojonup djeran” concludes with a quatrain conveying a burgeoning awareness of Western Australian seasons and time: “dispersion of nuts and the wind before/ winter marks the spaces between seasons/ soft here like sutures rather than ruptures/ and snake roots tangle in quorum below” (Ryan 45 lines 18-21). -
Victorian Stucco
Victorian Stucco Editor: Miles Lewis Victorian Succo Victorian Stucco Editor: Miles Lewis Published by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Melbourne References throughout to the heritage website or Heritage Victoria website refer to: www.heritage.vic.gov.au which includes the searchable Victorian Heritage Database. Published by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Melbourne, February 2011. Also published at www.heritage.vic.gov.au © State of Victoria, Heritage Council of Victoria 2011. This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ISBN 978-1-921607-97-4 (online) Disclaimer This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Heritage Victoria/Heritage Council of Victoria, Level 4, 55 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 GPO Box 2392, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Phone: (03) 8644 8800 Fax: (03) 8644 8811 Email: [email protected] Web: www.heritage.vic.gov.au Donald Ellsmore: further editing and coordination Sue Balderstone: Index Cover images: From left ( back cover) to right Photographs by Donald Ellsmore: Detail of weathered stucco on St Patrick’s Hall, Ballarat Detail of incised decoration on house Gore Street, Fitzroy Detail on facade of Smith -
THE SINCLAIRS and RINGWOODS the RINGWOODS Jeffrey
THE SINCLAIRS and RINGWOODS THE RINGWOODS Jeffrey Ringwood and Mary Ann Cumerford were Irish. Little is known of Mary Ann’s family history. Jeffrey was one of ten children born to Geoffrey Ringwood and Bridget Harbourne who married 1796, she has three children from a previous marriage. The Harbournes date back to Irish gentry, however by the time we descend to our Jeffrey Ringwood there is no wealth … more like ingrained poverty. Our Jeffrey was born in Castledermot in County Kildare and had nine brothers and sisters including a brother Langham1. Castledermot His ancestors are from Moone, Simonstown and Tinoran all close to Castledermot where the first Irish Parliament sat in the 1200s. Some notes for his ancestors: • According to the Hearth Money Rolls for Co. Wicklow, dated 1668, William Harborne born 1630 has 5 chimneys and was considered prosperous. 1 Langham is identified in the Harbourne Family tree website http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Vicky-M-Harbourne/ by Vicki Harbourne but does not show Jeffrey. However, there is a 3-year gap between the marriage date given on this site for Geoffrey and Bridget and the first child recorded at Castledermot, so it is likely that Jeffrey given his birthplace identified by his son-in-law is part of this family. He also turns up in the 1841 census with Langham. • In 1707, Jeffrey Harbourne who married Martha Bennet was at Moyle Abbey, along with Charles Mottley, leased 750 acres in Moone and later leased land in Simonstown from the Earl of Kildare Our Jeffrey, not from such a wealth -
Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1 - Timber-getting in the Forest: an archaeological case study of six nineteenth century sawpit sites By Sean Winter Thesis submitted as partial fulfilment of a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Archaeology at the University of Western Australia, 3rd June 2005 - 2 - Acknowledgements This research would have been impossible without the assistance of a number of people. Firstly I must thank the love of my life, my wife Fiona, for her tremendous support throughout this arduous process. Without her I couldn’t possibly have completed this research. Secondly, I need to thank my Mum Lynda, for her tremendous financial support throughout my second stint at uni, culminating in this honours research. Third, I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Alistair Paterson, for his advice and support. He has always been available to help, and has kept me going when I felt like quitting. His advice has been invaluable and he has kept me focussed on the important things. Many others have contributed to this thesis. In no particular order I would like to thank Dr. Shane Burke for his advice, Andrew Hannah and Peter Sewell for being understanding bosses, Kelly, Karen, Felix, Joanne, Kevin, Ruth and Nathan for helping me with my fieldwork, Jamie and Craig for help with maps and diagrams, the Department of Conservation and Land Management, the Water Corporation, and the Shire of Kalamunda, for giving me access to their land to carry out fieldwork, and the good people at the Kalamunda Historical Society, Kalamunda Library, State Records Office, and Battye Library for their general help. -
The Coming of the White People: a Broken Trust
Chapter One The coming of the white people: a broken trust …the past is never fully gone. It is absorbed into the present and the future. The present plight, in terms of health, employment, education, living conditions and self-esteem, of so many Aborigines must be acknowledged as largely flowing from what happened in the past [...] the new diseases, the alcohol and the new pressures of living were all introduced. Sir William Deane, Governor-General, Inaugural Lingiari Lecture, 1996.(Lingiari and Deane 1996:p20) Introduction This chapter will examine the history of the past two hundred plus years for indicators from which determinants of the poor health Aboriginal peoples experience today will be summarised. It will take the reader on a journey through time. Although the selection of events is a subjective one, it will allow the reader to consider the nature of the impacts of invasion on Aboriginal peoples. There are three core facts that constitute the common experience of Australia’s First Peoples. • They were invaded. • They were dispersed from their land. • They endured indescribable suffering in the wake of introduced disease. A discussion of these three factors opens this chapter in the context of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. It must be remembered that the arrival of Europeans resulted in similar consequences throughout the entire country. In the first place, however, it is imperative for Settler or Migrant Australians to begin to understand the enduring relationship between Land and Aboriginal peoples, the interrelatedness of the people themselves, and in turn, the importance of these relationships to wellness relationships that will be further discussed later in this work. -
Representations of Australian Aborigines in the Published Works of Colonial Women Writers
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: REPRESENTATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES IN THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF COLONIAL WOMEN WRITERS Barbara Chambers Dawson A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, December 2007 i ii Declaration This thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted or accepted for a degree or diploma in any university or other institution. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the thesis. Barbara Dawson December 2007 iii Notice to Indigenous Readers Some nineteenth and early twentieth-century words and phrases quoted in this thesis are considered offensive by today’s standards. In repeating these words I mean no disrespect nor wish to cause any offence to Aboriginal people. iv Abstract This thesis explores aspects of identity, gender and race in the narratives of six white women who wrote about their experiences with Australian Aborigines. Five of the works relate to nineteenth- century frontier encounters, described by middle-class, genteel women who had travelled to distant locations. The sixth (colonial-born) woman wrote about life in outback Queensland in both the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Her perceptions and opinions act as a foil to the five other texts, written by British-born authors. My analysis of these works takes into account current colonial racial attitudes and the nineteenth- century utilitarian urge to ‘educate’. It involves discussion of the influences during the nineteenth century of the Enlightenment idea of ‘man’s place in nature’, of evangelical Christianity and the role of underlying notions of race based on scientific theories. -
Victorian Stucco
Victorian Stucco Editor: Miles Lewis Victorian Succo Victorian Stucco Editor: Miles Lewis Published by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Melbourne References throughout to the heritage website or Heritage Victoria website refer to: www.heritage.vic.gov.au which includes the searchable Victorian Heritage Database. Published by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Melbourne, March 2013. Also published at www.heritage.vic.gov.au © State of Victoria, Heritage Council of Victoria 2011. This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ISBN 978-1-921607-97-4 (online) Disclaimer This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Heritage Victoria/Heritage Council of Victoria, Level 4, 55 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 GPO Box 2392, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Phone: (03) 8644 8800 Fax: (03) 8644 8811 Email: [email protected] Web: www.heritage.vic.gov.au Donald Ellsmore: further editing and coordination Sue Balderstone: Index Cover images: From left ( back cover) to right Photographs by Donald Ellsmore: Detail of weathered stucco on St Patrick’s Hall, Ballarat Detail of incised decoration on house Gore Street, Fitzroy Detail on facade of Smith Street, -
IN the EYE of the BEHOLDER What Six Nineteenth-Century Women Tell Us About Indigenous Authority and Identity
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER What Six Nineteenth-century Women Tell Us About Indigenous Authority and Identity IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER What Six Nineteenth-century Women Tell Us About Indigenous Authority and Identity Barbara Dawson Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Dawson, Barbara (Barbara Chambers), author. Title: In the eye of the beholder : what six nineteenth-century women tell us about indigenous authority and identity / Barbara Dawson. ISBN: 9781925021967 (paperback) 9781925021974 (ebook) Subjects: Women pioneers--Australia--Attitudes. Intercultural communication--Australia--19th century. Aboriginal Australians--Public opinion--History. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--Australia--History--1788-1900. Australia--Race relations--History--1788-1900. Dewey Number: 305.40994 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Aboriginal History Incorporated Aboriginal History Inc. is a part of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, and gratefully acknowledges the support of the School of History and the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, The Australian National University. Aboriginal History Inc. is administered by an Editorial Board which is responsible for all unsigned material. Views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily shared by Board members. Contacting Aboriginal History All correspondence should be addressed to the Editors, Aboriginal History Inc., ACIH, School of History, RSSS, Coombs Building (9) ANU, ACT, 0200, or [email protected]. -
A FORCE for FEDERATION: International Exhibitions and the Formation of Australian Ethos (1851-1901)
A FORCE FOR FEDERATION: International Exhibitions and the Formation of Australian Ethos (1851-1901) Kirsten Orr A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of New South Wales 2005 Originality Statement I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge it contains no materials previously published or written by another person, nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at UNSW or any other educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis. Any contribution made to the research by others, with whom I have worked at UNSW or elsewhere, is explicitly acknowledged in the thesis. I also declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of my own work, except to the extent that assistance from others in the project’s design and conception or in style, presentation and linguistic expression is acknowledged. ……………………………………… Copyright Statement I hereby grant to the University of New South Wales or its agents the right to archive and to make available my thesis or dissertation in whole or part in the University libraries in all forms of media, now or hereafter known, subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. I retain all proprietary rights, such as patent rights. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis or dissertation. I have obtained permission to use copyright material; where permission has not been granted I have applied / will apply for a partial restriction of the digital copy of my thesis or dissertation. -
Indigenous Education in Natal and Western Australia, 1833-1875 Rebecca Swartz
‘Ignorant and idle’: Indigenous education in Natal and Western Australia, 1833-1875 Rebecca Swartz This thesis is submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Royal Holloway, University of London September 2015 Declaration of Authorship I, Rebecca Swartz, hereby declare that this thesis and the work presented in it is entirely my own. Where I have consulted the work of others, this is always clearly stated. Signed: R Swartz Date: 29.09.2015 ii ‘Ignorant and idle’: Indigenous education in Natal and Western Australia, 1833-1875 Schools, and education more broadly, were pivotal in constructing and maintaining racial difference in the settler colonies of Western Australia and Natal, South Africa. Education must be taken seriously as a way into understanding the intersections between the conflicting, but ultimately reconciled, discourses of humanitarianism and settler colonialism. By considering the education provided for Indigenous children between 1833 and 1875, this thesis shows that schools were essential points of contact between the local government, missionaries and Indigenous people. In examining both colonial policy on education and missionary practice, it highlights conceptions of race, educability and childhood that underpinned education provision in each place. The thesis draws on a variety of sources, including missionary correspondence and imperial and colonial government records. This project seeks to enhance our understanding of education at different scales, making a case for integrating local cases with broader imperial histories. First, the thesis considers the connections between education policy and practice in different sites of Empire. Using case studies of educational change from Britain and the West Indies between 1833 and 1847, New Zealand and the Cape between 1850 and 1865, the thesis highlights continuities in thinking about race and education across diverse parts of the British Empire.