For A Better Life –
Yugoslavs on the Goldfields of Western Australia
by Dr Criena Fitzgerald
We have just received a new shipment of the following book in Kalgoorlie. The first consignment sold out in 24hrs.
Important Message: Dr. Fitzgerald can now take phone payments by calling – 0417 980 553 or you can make online payment through the Outback Family History website at this link:
or if you wish to view the book or purchase by paying cash, you can do so at First National Real Estate, 92 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, and collect your book from there. If you are in Kalgoorlie Boulder you can collect your copy with your proof of payment from here also.
The long-awaited new book from the pen of Dr Criena Fitzgerald has arrived. As are all her books, it is meticulously researched and is a sheer joy to look at. It’s not just a history book but a work of art. The book documents the social, economic, and political history of migrants from the former Yugoslavia, particularly their experiences on the Western Australian goldfields.
Dt Criena Fitzgerald
DR CRIENA FITZGERALD BA (Hons), Grad Dip Public History, PhD with destinctions
Dr Fitzgerald has over twenty five years’ experience in oral history interviewing including work for the SLWA, the NAA and for Professor A James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson Ten Pound Poms. Australia’s Invisible Migrants: A Life History of British Postwar Emigration to Australia,
Currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Interests include social history, women’s history and particularly medical and occupational health history.
Dr Criena Fitzgerald has been a successful author in the field of Western Australian History for many years. During this time she has produced several publications of the highest quality. She has a background in Oral History, Occupational Health/Medical history, Migrants and Western Australian Goldfields History. She is a thoughtful and accomplished writer whose books speak for themselves.
She has that rare ability to appeal to both the intellectual and the occasional reader. She is able to tell the stories of everyday people in a way that is compelling and enjoying to read. Her books are a visual delight. They are not just stories and facts but with the combination of photographs, maps, drawing etc her books are works of art in themselves.
Whatever subject Dr Fitzgerald undertakes to write about will be interesting, accurate, thoroughly researched and a must have for anyone interested in Western Australian History.
In my involvement in WA history for the last three decades, I have not met anyone more passionate and dedicated to her subject than Criena Fitzgerald and I could not recommend her work more highly. Most important to me, is that Criena is my closest friend and I am truely grateful for our enduring friendship.
Moya Sharp from Outback Family History www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au
Other Books by this author:
Shattered Ideals and Fractured Identities: Western Australia to Yugoslavia and back 1948 – 1955 by Dr Criena Fitzgerald
Turning Men into Stone – A Social and Medical History of silicosis in Western Australia by Dr Criena Fitzgerald.
110 Degrees in the Waterbag – A History of Life Work and Leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the Northern Goldfields by Dr Criena Fitzgerald and Leonre Layman
Kissing Can Be Dangerous – The Public Health Campaigns to prevent and Control Tubercolosis in Western Australia 1900-1960 – bt Dr Criena Fitzgerald.
A Press in Isolation: University of Western Australia Press by Dr Criena Fitzgerald
On Line Publication:
Karlkurla Gold – A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER – https://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/wikb-home.html
Moya Sharp
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