Slideshow to accompany Sydney Summer School Guest Lecture, HSTY2614, "Australian Social History." 11am, 12th January 2011. Full list of references for this lecture is available at http://daveearl.net. Copyright of the images included belongs to the relevant libraries and archives.

1. THE RISE OF THE NUCLEAR HOUSEHOLD
IN AUSTRALIA
DAVE EARL | PHD CANDIDATE
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

2. THEY ARE CARING FOR SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN
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3. BUNBURY OCCUPATION CENTRE, c. 1958
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4. HAWKEVALE FARM COLONY, 1957
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5. FACILITIES FOR SUB-NORMAL PEOPLE, 1945
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6. FACILITIES FOR SUB-NORMAL PEOPLE, 1965
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7. “TWENTIETH CENTURY SLAVES”
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8. HELP TO FAMILIES
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9. SOCIAL CHANGES
SUBURBIA CHILDHOOD MOTHERHOOD WORKING MAN
SLUM CLEARANCES EDUCATION
DOMESTICS BABY CLINICS MANUFACTURING
CHILD LABOUR CHILD ENDOWMENT
“HOUSEWIVES”
INFANT MORTALITY BASIC WAGE
AGED PENSIONS
THE NUCLEAR HOUSEHOLD
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10. JACQUES DONZELOT
Donzelot, Jacques. The Policing of Families. Translated by Robert Hurley. Edited by Gilles Deleuze. New York: Pantheon Books, 1979.
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11. KEREEN REIGER
Reiger, Kerreen M. The Disenchantment of the Home: Modernizing the Australian Family, 1880-1940. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985.
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12. MICHAEL GILDING
Gilding, Michael. The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family. St. Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1991.
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13. MICHEL FOUCAULT
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14. JOHNSTON STREET, ANNANDALE
State Library of NSW, a089607
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15. HARGRAVE FAMILY, 1894
Powerhouse Museum, P2903-9/68
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16. OXFORD STREET, PADDINGTON, 1900
State Records NSW, 12487/7546 12487_a021_a021000014
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17. DOMESTIC BLISS IN AUSTRALIA
State Library of Victoria MP00/00/56/98
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18. MELBOURNE BENEVOLENT ASYLUM
State Library of Victoria, H.20001.20/328
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19. PHILIPPE ARIES
Ariès, Philippe. Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life. Translated by Jonathan Cape. London: Pimlico, 1996 [1962].
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20. COLLIERY CREW, 1894
State Records NSW, 10036_a027000045
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21. PAPERBOY, 1930
View of the entrance to Newtown Station, Sydney, taken in the aftermath of the stabbing murder of Domenico Belle at 11 a.m.
Justice & Police Museum Photographic Collection, Historic Houses Trust, 31191
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22. PLAYFAIR STREET, THE ROCKS, 1901
State Records NSW, 4481_a026_000037
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23. CARING FOR BABY, c.1910
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, D1-11-86
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24. COOKS HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL, NSW
Newcastle City Council Cultural Collections, Hunter Picture Bank 006 000098
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25. SCHOOL GROUP, VICTORIA
State Library of Victoria, H42834/80
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26. SYDNEY CHILDREN’S COURT, 1911
C. K. Mackellar, "State Children Relief Board. Report of the President... For the Year Ended 5 April, 1911.“
Joint Volumes of Papers Presented to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Session of 1911 - 12, vol. 2
.(Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, Govt. Printer, 1911), 37.
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27. DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLASS, TASMANIA
Teaching Aids Centre - Photographic Prints, Archives Office of Tasmania, AB713-1-8204
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28. YALLOURN TECHNICAL SCHOOL, VIC
State Library of Victoria, Image H2009.18/862
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29. WHERE MELBOURNE’S MANHOOD
MUSTERS
National Library of Australia, UApam 782 Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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30. WHERE MELBOURNE’S MANHOOD
MUSTERS
National Library of Australia, UApam 782 Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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31. KINDERGARTEN, MILLER STREET SYDNEY
State Records NSW, 9856_a017_A017000107
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32. CRUDE BIRTH RATE IN AUSTRALIA
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
1885
1888
1891
1894
1897
1900
1903
1906
1909
1912
1915
1918
1921
1924
1927
1930
1933
1936
1939
1942
1945
1948
1951
1954
1957
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999
2002
Number of births per 1,000 population
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Historical Population Statistics, 2006
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33. INFANT MORTALITY… HOW TO CHECK IT
“Infant Mortality in Australia and How to Check it,” The Bulletin, 7th Jan. 1904, p19.
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34. ALEXANDRIA BABY CLINIC, 1914
State Records NSW, 12487/7546
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35. NEWTOWN BABY CLINIC, 1914
Photographs of the Newtown, Alexandria and Bourke Street Baby Clinics, State Records NSW, 4873_a004_a004000006r
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36. DON’T EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR BABY
In Reiger, The Disenchantment of the Home
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37. INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN AUSTRALIA
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
1901
1903
1905
1907
1909
1911
1913
1915
1917
1919
1921
1923
1925
1927
1929
1931
1933
1935
1937
1939
1941
1943
1945
1947
1949
1951
1953
1955
1957
1959
1961
1963
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
Number of infant deaths per 1,000 births
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Historical Population Statistics, 2006
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38. VICTORIA’S IDEAL CHILD
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39. AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE
5
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1911 1921 1933 1947 1954 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Average number of persons per household
Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2012, http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/info/charts/households/havsize.html
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40. FACTORY WORK, 1919
Canning Fruit at Leeton, NSW, National Library of Australia, nla.pic-vn4969147.
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41. THE SIGN-LANGUAGE
From Paula Hamilton, "Domestic Dilemmas: Representations of Servants and Employers in the Popular Press,"
Debutante Nation: Feminism Contests the 1890s, edited by Susan Magarey, Sue Rowley and Susan Sheridan,
71 - 90. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993.
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42. WHEN THE SEVENTH MAID WALKED OUT…
The Home, Sept. 1920, p.85, in Gilding, The Making and Breaking of the Australian Family.
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43. MARRIAGES START IN THE KITCHEN!
Australian Women’s Weekly, 11th March 1947, 44.
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44. OLD ORDER HOMES?
Camina. Old or Homes or New Order Houses? Some Reflections of a Middle-Class Woman. Melbourne: Whitcome & Tombs Pty. Ltd., c.1943.
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45. DEVONSHIRE ST, CHATSWOOD, 1908
State Records NSW, 18526_a024_000071
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46. PLAGUE, 1900
State Library of NSW, Views taken during Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. V.
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47. ROCKS RESUMPTION PLAN, 1902
State Records NSW, NRS 19348/1
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48. DACEY GARDEN SUBURB PLAN, c.1913
State Records NSW, 5225_a018_a018000001
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49. DACEY GARDEN SUBURB
State Records NSW, 5225_a018_a018000051
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50. NARRABEEN: VALUES MUST INCREASE!
National Library of Australia, nla.map-lfsp1695
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51. CRUDE MARRIAGE RATE IN AUSTRALIA
14.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
4.00
2.00
0.00
1885
1888
1891
1894
1897
1900
1903
1906
1909
1912
1915
1918
1921
1924
1927
1930
1933
1936
1939
1942
1945
1948
1951
1954
1957
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
Number of marriages per year per 1,000 population
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Historical Population Statistics, 2006
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52. DAVE EARL
daveearl.net | dear7745@uni.sydney.edu.au
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY | SCHOOL OF PHILISOPICAL AND HISTORICAL ENQUIRY