Deserted and Destitute: Motherhood, Wife Desertion, and Colonial Welfare by Christina Twomey

Deserted and Destitute: Motherhood, Wife Desertion, and Colonial Welfare

Christina Twomey

201 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

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Who was a deserted wife in colonial Australia? How did she make ends meet during peak periods of wife desertion, such as the Victorian gold rushes? How did colonial Australians view the social problems of wife desertion. This title draws on the st...

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