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Western Australia - Publications Details

Journal Article

Authors
Abbott, Kellie and Chesney, Celia
Title
I am a Poor Woman: Gender, Poor Relief and the Poorhouse in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Western Australia
In
Studies in Western Australian History
Imprint
vol. 25, 2007, pp. 25-39
Description

This article gives insights about poverty in Western Australia and the way that government administered 'relief'. Using sources such as parliamentary papers and Colonial Secretary's minutes, the authors show the extent of poverty in WA and how the Superintendent of Poor Relief 'personally dealt with each case.'

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