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What was life like for Australians around the turn of the century?

What was life like for Australians around the turn of the century?. You will LEARN ABOUT. how people lived in Australia around the turn of the century. You will LEARN TO. use primary sources to describe features of lifestyle of a variety of social groups. How much do you know?.

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What was life like for Australians around the turn of the century?

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  1. What was life like for Australians around the turn of the century?

  2. You will LEARN ABOUT • how people lived in Australia around the turn of the century You will LEARN TO • use primary sources to describe features of lifestyle of a variety of social groups

  3. How much do you know? • About how many people were living in Australia in 1901? • a) 1 million b) 4 million c) 10 million d) 15 million • Most people in Australia lived • a) In the cities b) in the country c) ½ in the city, ½ in the country • Australians mainly travelled by • a) cars b) train c) bicycle d) tram e) horse & carriage • Most Australians enjoyed • a) playing cricket b) playing football c) watching sport

  4. SOURCE STUDY 1 City Life - Suburbs Bankstown - 1922

  5. Where Did Australians Live? • About 50% of people lived in the city and 50% in the country – on farms, sheep and cattle stations, mining communities and country towns • Australia was one of the most urbanised countries at this time • 2/3 of the population lived in NSW and VIC • 500,000 lived in Melbourne and the same in Sydney

  6. Houses • Houses were small and simple. Many had water tanks connected to them and some had furnishings outside. • Most houses would consist of a chimney and would have a fence circulating around it.

  7. Transport • Most people rode horses or horses and carriages. • They walked from place to place. • They rode camels.

  8. Clothes and Accessories • People usually wore clothes that were long. • Most of the clothes consisted of high necklines. • Wore closed shoes: 1 or 2 pairs of only • All the dresses had long sleeves. • They often wore protective clothing to keep clean (aprons, dust coats) • They used handkerchiefs (not tissues) • Hats were worn by both men and women but men took theirs off when they went inside

  9. Activities • Most of the woman sewed and knitted • Some of them played the piano • They travelled on camels • They attended church • Played board games • Sing-a-longs • Picnics • Watching sport such as cricket and football • Riding bicycles

  10. Life in the Cities • There was a variety of living conditions and homes in the cities • poorer suburbs close to factories with their small often substandard houses • Terrace houses with a small backyard for middle class families • “Federation” style free standing houses with a large block for the more wealthy

  11. City Life - Houses Terrace houses in Darlinghurst

  12. Federation was a very decorative style. • Tall, steep and varied roof shapes • Rooms had irregular shapes with nooks and splayed corners • Built mostly of red brick • Porches or verandahs have ornamental painted woodwork. • Colourful leadlight windows

  13. FURNITURE Dressing Table Commode Chair Blouse Chest Double Bed Day Bed Dining Suite

  14. SOURCE STUDY 2 City Life - Transport • Pyrmont Bridge was completed in 1902 so that traffic could get to the Queen Victoria Markets.

  15. SOURCE STUDY 3Leisure A A visit to Manly Beach Snake charmer at La Peruse – a popular tourist spot Movie Poster Swimming Baths

  16. SOURCE STUDY 2Leisure B Sing-a-longs Family Picnics Age, Melbourne, 21 March 1904 The aspect of the Yarra was transformed on Saturday afternoon, when the first Melbourne amateur regatta - the Australian Henley – was most auspiciously inaugurated. Vast crowds assembled on the river banks, and Princes bridge, which gave a commandingview of the course, black with people…. Opening of Killara Golf Course

  17. Popular Parlor Games, Pastimes and Amusements:

  18. SOURCE STUDY 3Transport Trams & Buggies - Enmore Rd Redfern Railway - 1900 Man’s bicycle - 1900 Woman’s bicycle - 1910

  19. SOURCE STUDY 4Clothing

  20. SOURCE STUDY 5Kitchen/Food Kitchen Canisters Advertisement Kitchen Scales Charcoal Burning Stove Egg scales Butter Churn & Cooking Pot

  21. SOURCE STUDY 6Health and Medicine Medicine Box Lewisham Hospital c.1905

  22. How Healthy was Life in Australia in 1900? • Plague – 458 cases and 165 people died in 1900 • Deaths – Sydney had 607 cases and 197 deaths in total 1900 – 1925 • Queensland had the most deaths – 276 people died from the plague

  23. SOURCE STUDY 10Aboriginal People

  24. SOURCE STUDY 11Children - School Students of Menai PS Gardening Lesson Empire Day Celebrations at Gordon PS

  25. END OF PRESENTATION

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