Clementina Goldfinch and William Staker and the life journeys of their forebears
Cheryl Williss
In the 1860s and 1870s, the reason for the population spread across South Australia's Gulf St Vincent and down through Yorke Peninsula was twofold - opportunity for mining and the opening up of land for farming.
These two worlds collided when Tina met Will.
This book tells the story of the author's maternal grandparents, Clementina Goldfinch and William Staker, and the life journeys of their forebears, providing some insight into significant pockets of social history in rural South Australia and the far-west mining region of New South Wales.
Praise for the author's Miss Marryat's Circle
'Gives a voice to the women of South Australia's first hundred years of European settlement and an opportunity to reflect on the changing position of women in a male dominated society.' - Nic Klaassen, Flinders Ranges Research
'A comprehensive and well-researched exploration of the role of women in South Australian history.' - Georgina Banfield, Tulpa Magazine
Cheryl Williss grew up in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Brighton and now lives on a semi-rural property in the Adelaide Hills. Cheryl is sixth-generation South Australian with several families arriving in the first three years of colonial settlement. She has long held a keen interest in South Australia's social history, particularly women's history and the untold stories. She is the author of The Pioneers Association of South Australia: The first 80 years and a regular contributor to that association's quarterly journal, The Pioneer.
'Senior secondary students studying early Australian history will be interested in the original accounts of the mining industry in Broken Hill, the harsh conditions, with lead poisoning, physical injury and high death rates, leading to unionism and the fight for workers' rights. Also of interest is the account of the conscription debate during World War I, with excerpts from local newspapers putting different views. Williss' family history research has value for all who have an interest in the early settlers in South Australia and New South Wales, each section of the family tree a story in its own. For history students, it is an excellent example of the use of primary sources to build a picture of the past. And for the general reader it is a timely reminder that the settlement of Australia has a long history of people venturing their lives on dangerous boat journeys to build a new future.' - Helen Eddy, ReadPlus
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'Senior secondary students studying early Australian history will be interested in the original accounts of the mining industry in Broken Hill, the harsh conditions, with lead poisoning, physical injury and high death rates, leading to unionism and the fight for workers' rights. Also of interest is the account of the conscription debate during World War I, with excerpts from local newspapers putting different views. Williss' family history research has value for all who have an interest in the early settlers in South Australia and New South Wales, each section of the family tree a story in its own. For history students, it is an excellent example of the use of primary sources to build a picture of the past. And for the general reader it is a timely reminder that the settlement of Australia has a long history of people venturing their lives on dangerous boat journeys to build a new future.' - Helen Eddy, ReadPlus