Poor Law

William Webb (1830-1919): Migration, Immigration & Emigration

Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …

On the farm 1921 – 1922 I was still the same boy that I was when [I was] very young. A happy …

[Guy] soon found [him]self a very busy person, and for the first time, due to staff calling [him] sir [he] realised, [he] …

What a peculiar world this is. Here was I living in the prettiest institution, in beautiful surroundings, yet working and living with …

Poor Law Institution, York. 1927-28 It was a full time job, ordering, issuing, checking, and entering all the many items into the …

Flashes were coming from a wide are denoting that it was a heavy raid with bombs dropping all over the city [of …

In my final remarks let me read you these few lines, written many years ago, in one of my more serious moments: …

Whoever may read the following, try and place yourself in the position of the writer, the youngest but one of a family …

Edward Balne was very interested in his education. As seen previously in Purpose & Audience he was very interested in the subject …