
Daily Chores
With a family of eight children, there were many chores to be done – and usually in the scullery. The ...
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The Kitchen
The kitchen was the centre of activity. Here, bread was baked and family meals cooked and eaten — pigeon pie ...
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Cooking and Heating
Old Treasury was a very cold place to live, and so the wood fuelled stove always burned, heating the oven ...
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Food Storage and the Coolgardie Safe
With no refrigeration, the Maynards kept perishable food in the Coolgardie Safe. This was a simple cupboard made of wire ...
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Toilets and Sewage
Despite Melbourne having been sewered in the 1890’s, the Maynards did not have a septic toilet. They used an “earth ...
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The Governor
Australia is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. The Queen is formally Australia’s head of state and is represented ...
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