Children of the Backlanes: Destitute and Neglected Children in Colonial New South Wales
New South Wales University Press
, Sydney, Australia
The author both annotates the parlous state of abandoned children in the new colony as well as the history of the 'child-saving movement' with various schemes in place causing many controversies surrounding the ideological goals and the methods of each scheme. In 1788 , 36 of the passengers were children with many abandoned on arrival in the colony and by 1806 there were 1832 children in the colony and 1023 were illegitimate. A sombre but scholarly treatise that is an important feature of early colonial years. A scarce book.
$55.00
Specifications
| Author | Ramsland, John |
| Publisher | New South Wales University Press |
| Place Published | Sydney, Australia |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | VII |
| Pages | 249pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Untitled brown paper hardback in excellent condition with a green and brown photo dust wrapper in a likewise near-fine state, protected by clear archival covering. |
| Overall | Internally the text is very clean and bright with two sepia photos adorning front and rear endpapers. |
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