Eliza Davies |
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| Title : | Eliza Davies |
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| Source : | The story of an earnest life | ||
| Date of creation : | 1880 | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Portrait of Eliza Davies (nee Arbuckle) from her autobiography The story of an earnest life. She describes her 1839 arrival in South Australia with Captain Sturt aboard the John Pirie, her marriage and experience as a victim of domestic violence in South Australia between 1840 and 1842, and subsequent escape to New South Wales with the assistance of supporters. Physically abused by her husband, William Davies, Eliza describes the predicament of women of the period who were unable to escape violent relationships because of property and marriage laws. 'I thought in my terror, that if I had a place to flee to for safety, that I should never set foot in that dwelling again .... but alas! What could I do? Where could I flee?' |
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| Related names : | Davies, Eliza Davies, William Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869 John Pirie (Ship)
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| Coverage year : | 1881 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | Adelaide |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Davies, Eliza The story of an earnest life: a woman's adventures in Australia and in two voyages around the world, Cincinnati: Central Book Concern, 1881 Pitt, G Index to pioneers arriving in South Australia from overseas ports, July 1836 to December 1845 Archives Department, 1935 Kwan, Elizabeth Living in South Australia: a social history, Netley, S. Aust.: South Australian Government Printer, 1987 Summers, Anne Damned whores and god's police: the colonization of women in Australia 1975 |
| Internet links : | State Library of South Australia factsheets online Women in South Australia
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