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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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