Turning Men Into Stone
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
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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Good to hear the launch went well. Like you I wish Criena every success