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‘Two Perspectives on Wealth and Poverty in Adelaide’ offers a poignant exploration of social class, aspiration, and the struggle between wealth and poverty in pre-Federation Australia. Set against the backdrop of Adelaides free settlement, the narrative unfolds through the lives of diverse characters navigating their fortunes. The recently bereaved Alton family—a widow and her two adult children, Tom and Nettie—sell their rural estate and venture into the gritty inner-city, determined to uphold their dignity while seeking employment for the first time. Meanwhile, the affluent Clinton ...

London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, a founder and editor of the satirical magazine Punch, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society. We encounter street entertainers, 'pure finders', cabinetmakers, gingerbread sellers, 'screeve-fakers', swindlers, and burglars. We hear accounts from toshers finding items in sewers, people attempting to train pigs to dance, and witness the sale of everything from gilt watches and chickweed to needles, dog collars, and eel soup.