Old age in a new world : a study of old age in an Australian community between 1857-1925
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posted on 1996-01-01, 00:00authored byDawn Margaret. Peel
Five hundred early settlers of Victoria's Western District were studied in their old age. Findings about the place of the elderly in community formation, and about the many elderly who belonged to three generations of families all present early in white settlement, have added to existing knowledge of colonial society.