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Category Archives: South Australia
No Irish need apply
After recalling the old stories about 1950s London when boarding houses and shops had signs in their windows that No Irish Need Apply, I thought I might have a little trawl through the nineteenth century South Australian newspapers on Trove. To be perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Migration, South Australia
Tagged Irish jokes, matrimonials, No Irish Need Apply, racism
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The beginnings of bureaucracy
In 1845, the colony of South Australia was less than ten years old. But already, files were being created and documents saved as a bureacracy took its first steps alongside the colony. Here’s a letter that made me smile. Dated 18 July … Continue reading
Posted in Around the world, South Australia
Tagged bureaucracy, flagstaff, letters, South Australia
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