Out of Luck

Name: Out of Luck
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ISBN: 9780044421375

Poor Australians and social welfare 1788-1988

Stephen Garton

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English

Allen & Unwin
01 April 1990

Social & cultural history; Poverty & unemployment; Australian Society

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'The distribution of wealth is far more equal. To begin with, there is no poor class in the colonies. Comfortable incomes are in the majority, millionaires few and far between.'

This opinion, voiced a century ago by a British journalist on a tour of the colonies, sums up the widely-held and long-lived view that Australia was a working man's paradise, an egalitarian society free of the poverty afflicting other countries.

Such a view could only persist if the poor were ignored or treated as objects of charity, targets of condemnation, or merely useful allies in political campaigns. For the realities of Australia's social structure as it developed were always very different from the claims of the proponents of the 'Australian way of life'.

Out of Luck uncovers the history of the many who have always had to struggle hard to survive in this 'lucky' country and who have seldom shared in the rewards of a well endowed society. In telling the story of the poor, Stephen Garton draws on the findings of social history, welfare history and women's history and the writings of many others to present a lively account of an important feature of Australia's history - and present, and future.

By: Stephen Garton
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9780044421375
ISBN 10: 0044421370
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 April 1990
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active