Flashy, Fun and Functional: How Things Helped to Invent Melbourne’s Gold Rush Mayor

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Ms Sarah Hayes

Flashy, Fun and Functional

How Things Helped to Invent Melbourne’s Gold Rush Mayor

Ms Sarah Hayes

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Sydney University Press
21 September 2018

Archaeology

Series: Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology

Against the backdrop of embryonic Melbourne, John Thomas Smith, publican and builder, left behind his currency roots to become an influential member of society. A widely recognised figure about town smoking a cutty pipe and wearing a white top hat, in 1851 he became Lord Mayor of Melbourne; he went on to be re-elected seven times. His scandalous marriage to the daughter of an Irish Catholic publican, however, and his awkwardly appropriated gentility, made him unpopular with certain sections of society. From 1849 to 1860 Smith and his family occupied 300 Queen Street, Melbourne, one of the first true residential townhouses in the city. Flashy, Fun and Functional: How Things Helped to Invent Melbourne's Gold Rush Mayor explores the things they left behind.

By: Ms Sarah Hayes
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9781743326152
ISBN 10: 1743326157
Series: Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology
Pages: 84
Publication Date: 21 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of figures List of tables List of plates Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Early Melbourne and 300 Queen Street 3. Personal histories 4. Architecture and spatial layout 5. Artefacts 6. Life at 300 Queen Street 7. Cultural capital and the road to success Bibliography Index

Sarah Hayes is a historical archaeologist who researches quality of life and social mobility in 19th-century Victoria through the lives, homes and rubbish of everyday people. She works within the Heritage and Indigeneity stream of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University.

Reviews for Flashy, Fun and Functional: How Things Helped to Invent Melbourne’s Gold Rush Mayor

'[Hayes] sets out to establish what these different middle-class levels might look like in the archaeological record. She delivers on this aim by providing an interpretation of an aspirational early immigrant assemblage that is 'more grandiose and showy' than assemblages associated with either the established middle-class or the working class ... an important contribution to Australian historical archaeology that improves our understanding of class structure in the 19th century.' -- Pamela Ricardi * Australasian Historical Archaeology *