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SOME CHILDREN AT RISK IN VICTORIA IN THE 19th CENTURY
Author(s) -
Judge Cliff,
Emmerson Roma
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb50850.x
Subject(s) - sorrow , offspring , gold rush , late 19th century , history , period (music) , gold standard (test) , demography , ancient history , psychology , medicine , art , sociology , aesthetics , archaeology , social psychology , pregnancy , genetics , biology
The gold rush in 1851 meant sorrow and suffering for many adults. The story of children of this period is not as well known. The roving life of parents in search of gold, their fluctuating fortunes and frequent fatal accidents in the mines contributed to the plight of their offspring.