For Richer for Poorer: Early Colonial Marriages

Discussions of six colonial marriages including those of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, Sophie and Charles La Trobe, and Archibald and Caroline Chisholm, which examine the personal aspects of the partnerships and colonial society’s attitude to the marriage. Includes endnotes and an index. The editor is a widely-published Melbourne feminist historian. These essays look at the married settlers’ personal relationships, including their gender specific work-duties, power and responsibilities. pp. xii, 146 illusts
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index. #0819/091022

Authority and affection: John and Charlotte Bussell / Marian Quartly
Lives in exile: Elizabeth and John Macarthur / Hazel King Paradise lost: Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin / Penny Russell
A marriage of opposites: Charles Joseph and Sophie La Trobe / Marguerite Hancock
The moral reformer and the imperial major: Caroline and Archibald Chisholm / Patricia Grimshaw
The damned whore and the public man: Sarah and William Wentworth / Carol Liston.
Marriage — Australia — History — 19th century. | Marriage — Australia — Case studies. | Upper class families — Australia — History — 19th century. | Australia — Social life and customs.