Home Truths: Stories from the Nineteenth-Century Castlemaine Police Courts
This paper uses the records of the Castlemaine, Chewton and Fryerstown police courts from 1860 to the 1890s in order to examine the ways that people sought to make themselves a home after the main goldrushes had finished in the district. ‘Home’ is taken to mean a place that offers security, comfort...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Record Office Victoria
2004-10-01
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| Series: | Provenance |
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| Online Access: | http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance/provenance2004/home-truths |
| Summary: | This paper uses the records of the Castlemaine, Chewton and Fryerstown police courts from 1860 to the 1890s in order to examine the ways that people sought to make themselves a home after the main goldrushes had finished in the district. ‘Home’ is taken to mean a place that offers security, comfort and a sense of belonging – more than simply a house. The paper briefly considers the ways that the courts worked both for and against the various interests of claimants and then looks in more depth at some of the family law cases that came before the court. These cases reveal that the struggle to make a home was often carried on even within the four walls of a house. |
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| ISSN: | 1832-2522 |