Letter from a soldier settler |
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| Title : | Letter from a soldier settler |
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| Creator : | Loveday, Ron | ||
| Source : | Hetherington, Penelope, PRG 754/1 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1930 | ||
| Format : | Letter | ||
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| Description : |
Six-page letter, written on 21 October 1930 by Ron Loveday to his father-in-law, describing the conditions for soldier settlers on the West Coast of South Australia during the Depression. |
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| Period : | 1927-1939 |
| Region : | Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast |
| Further reading : | Anderson, Hugh Australia in the depression [Melbourne]: Hill of Content, 1972 The Depression - coping: making ends meet: the South Australian experience [Adelaide: State History Centre, 1993] Depression down under / Daisy McWilliams ... [et al.]; edited by Len Fox. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1989 Lowenstein, Wendy Weevils in the flour: an oral record of the 1930s depression in Australia Carlton North, Vic.: Scribe Publications, 1998 |
| Internet links : | Atlas of South Australiasee: The course of settlement: Between the wars Manning Index of South Australian History: World War I: Repatriation |
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