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Turning Men Into Stone – Book Launch

30/04/2016 By 1 Comment
Turning Men Into Stone

Turning Men Into Stone

Just wanted to say a big congratulations to my dear friend and fellow researcher and historian Criena Fitzgerald on the launch of her latest book “Turning Men Into Stone’ a Social and Medical History of Silicosis in Western Australia. It was launched last night at the Hannans North Tourist Mine where an appreciative crowd listened to Criena telling about her research and all the amazing people she had interviewed along the way.
This book will undoubtedly become a valued resource on the subject of Silicosis, not just for the medical fraternity, but for social historians to learn about the cost to Government, Mining and most of all the human cost to families.
 
If you werent able to get to the launch to purchase a copy of your book you can contact me (moyasharp@westnet.com.au)  or get a copy from the following recommended outlets:-
 
WA Museum – Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie.
Kalgoorlie Boulder Visitors Centre – Kalg Town Hall
Collins Bookshop Kalgoorlie
Hannans North Tourist Mine
Other Publications by this author:-
110 Degrees in the Waterbag

110 Degrees in the Waterbag

110 DEGREES IN THE WATERBAG: A HISTORY OF LIFE, WORK AND LEISURE IN LEONORA, GWALIA AND THE NORTHERN GOLDFIELDSThe place has been known by many names. It is the country of Kuwarra/Koara people; to colonial surveyor John Forrest it was ‘unpromising’ country; prospectors and settlers in the goldrush days and early 1900s saw otherwise and knew the country as a promising but remote and challenging place to visit or live.

The goldfields have been a powerful influence on both Australian and Western Australian history. Gold has driven development in many parts of Australia. A great number of family lives have been shaped by migration to and from the fields. Reminiscences, and family and local histories have produced powerful and oft-repeated narratives.

This book moves beyond the oft-told. It tells of Aboriginal history, of people who have ‘always been here, and we always will be here’. Women’s and children’s lives are explored as well as those of prospectors and miners, the settlement of ‘Afghans’ and the story of pastoralism

Avaialble from the WA Museum Store @:- http://bit.ly/1TBjZA7 or from the WA Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder or Collins Bookstore Kalgoorlie at $39.95

Kissing can be Dangerous

Kissing can be Dangerous

KISSING CAN BE DANGEROUS: THE PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGNS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL TUBERCULOSIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1900–1960Tuberculosis became a notifiable disease in 1902, and throughout history has been a major cause of mortality and morbidity in most communities around the world. ‘It was like a leper’s disease’ was the response of an ex-tuberculosis sufferer when asked to describe his experience of having tuberculosis and the public’s reaction to his illness.

In the first half of the twentieth century in Western Australia, the social consequences of tuberculosis were almost as confronting as the disease itself. Until the advent of chemotherapy in 1947, people with the disease were advised to adopt a way of living that would protect those with whom they came in contact. Kissing and close contact with a person infected with tuberculosis were absolutely forbidden.

Using the oral histories of patients and doctors, as well as archival research, Kissing can be Dangerous reveals the way in which social and cultural perceptions of tuberculosis—as well as the biological effects—shaped the experience of the tuberculosis sufferer, and the response of the Public Health Department to the disease. Also included, are photographs and promotional material used by the Government, of the time, in public health campaigns.

Available fro UWA Press @:- http://bit.ly/1qax06P  Cost $39.95

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Moya Sharp

Owner at Outback Family History
My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.
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Comments

  1. Phil Bianchi says
    01/05/2016 at 2:22 am

    Good to hear the launch went well. Like you I wish Criena every success

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