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Free event: how did the Poor Law frame tyrannical discipline to #the_poor in England/Wales. Join Paul Carter, The National Archives & Steve King, Nottingham Trent Uni, to explore the history of #tyranny in the #workhouse c. 1780-1930.
2pm
Fri 25 Sept 26.
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In 1836, Light was instructed to find a location for a new settlement in South Australia. This writing box was used for his maps and sketches.
📷: 1) Colonel William Light’s writing box and accessories: 2) Colonel William Light, lithograph collection
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What did poverty look like for your London ancestors?
Discover the lives of foundlings, street children, workhouse inmates & others during this Week, 21–25 September 2026.
Expert talks, walks, visits & practical genealogy help (in person or online).
Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view…
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»The weekly #Australian #history #podcast, co-hosted by Leigh Boucher and fellow historian Alecia Simmonds, will see the long-time friends and ›serious academics‹ spill ›all the dirty details‹ you won’t find in the history books.« buff.ly/h9RxgdF
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#OTD 25 July 1856 170 yrs ago today
William Peppermint Billy Brown was hanged outside #Leicester County Gaol b 4 a crowd of 25,000. This was to be the last public execution in #leicester.
Had you heard his story before?
#MeltonMowbrayMurders
@ConvictResearch #ReturnedConvict – at Leicester, England
ALT HMP Leicester
ALT WILLIAM CALCRAFT THE EXECUSIONER
ALT My book on Peppermint Billy
ALT Newspaper Article on Peppermint Billy
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The Marine Police were created today in 1798 to patrol the Thames. London's first police force, it is now part of the Metropolitan Police and still based in their original location at Wapping. Learn more about the Thames Police here in my video youtu.be/YS3kTvNoiUo
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When I launched my Dickens website in 1997, I wanted to experience the novels spatially, as Dickens’ first readers might have. I began mapping the characters’ journeys through each story—and eventually shared them online.
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Australians have been making their mark on The Wimbledon Championships for over 100 years. 🎾
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1894, the workhouse nurse at the #Hackney #Workhouse school was convicted by local magistrates for cruel and inhumane usage of #pauper children across eight years. Her actions were varied: from neglecting to provide food and water to inflicting serious assaults. #workhousetyranny
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In 1895, Thomas Spicer, Bethnal Green #pauper #workhouse #inmate, brought to a Police Court for talking when told to be silent. The case was referred to as a ‘Tyranny of Silence’. When his case was read out Spicer shouted, ‘This is a work house, not a prison’. #workhouse_tyranny
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Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, read the article 'Worlds of War: Zo Memorialisation of Global and ‘Total Wars’ in the Decolonising India–Burma (Myanmar) Borderlands' by Aditya Kiran Kakati: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…
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The cases listed before this post are a (tiny) part of work that @TheirWrite have worked up for over 2 years. The subject, an often referenced but little examined #history - a focused look at petty tyranny in English & Welsh #workhouses
#workhousetyranny
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After years of suffragist campaigning, the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 extended the right to vote to most Australian women.
Yet, it was a further 60 years before First Nations women and men secured federal voting rights.
More: nma.gov.au/defining-moments/…
📷: NLA an23371784
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For at least 50,000 years, First Nations people have lived along the Murrumbidgee River flats where Gundagai would be established.
When devastating floods struck in 1852, four Wiradjuri men spent three days rescuing survivors.
Learn more: nma.gov.au/defining-moments/…
ALT THE FLOUR MILL SURROUNDED BY WATER DURING THE FLOOD, GUNDAGAI, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1900 / by Gabriel, Charles Louis, 1857-1927. Overlay text reads: ‘The town’s flour mill was one of three buildings left intact’.
ALT Photograph of a crowd attending the unveiling of a sculpture showing Wiradjuri men Yarri and Jackey with a canoe. The sculpture commemorates their actions to rescue survivors of the 1852 flood of Gundagai.
youtu.be/b_yN-RZyOmc
Jane Turner's (aka Kath) Australian family history story starts with a London Cockney whose dream of becoming a Gentleman is finally realised. Sadly, within his early settler colony in WA there were #Aboriginal deaths #Australia #colonisation #history
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If you don’t serve your cheese on a ceramic platter, why not? 🤔
This Australian-made cheese stand was likely produced by Bendigo Pottery, founded after Scottish migrant George Duncan Guthrie discovered clay perfect for ceramics during the 1850s gold rush.
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This week, we’re celebrating 3 years since entry into force of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (#AUKFTA) and Aussies now have access to more iconic British products than ever 🛒 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
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Shipwrights at work, Darling Harbour, Port Jackson, Sydney, 1878. Uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW
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