Making a home in gold-rush Victoria: Plain sewing and the Genteel Woman
Journal article
Cramer, Lorinda. (2017). Making a home in gold-rush Victoria: Plain sewing and the Genteel Woman. Australian Historical Studies. 48(2), pp. 213 - 226. https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2017.1293705
Authors | Cramer, Lorinda |
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Abstract | In the rush to be rich, contemporary commentators warned that not everyone was suited to life on Victoria’s goldfields. Women unfamiliar with household labour or exertion were cautioned to remain at ‘home’. This article explores the genteel women who migrated to Victoria during the first two decades of the gold rush, and how they negotiated the British ideal of genteel leisure against the demands for domestic labour in the colony. In particular, it interrogates the often-mundane plain sewing practices necessary to make a new home alongside the push for a colonial genteel industriousness, demonstrating how women manipulated standards of living through everyday material practices. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Australian Historical Studies |
Journal citation | 48 (2), pp. 213 - 226 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1031-461X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2017.1293705 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85019397810 |
Page range | 213 - 226 |
Research Group | School of Arts |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Australia |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/89wx4/making-a-home-in-gold-rush-victoria-plain-sewing-and-the-genteel-woman
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