Threads of Life: Stories of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Gawler
Town of Gawler
About Threads of Life: Stories of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Gawler
A new exhibition at the Gawler Heritage Gallery celebrating the threads that connect generations. Welcome the tender beginnings of new life, traverse the joyous celebrations of love and union, bravely confront the reality of mortality, life's inevitable conclusion. Learn about the realities of nineteenth century childbirth with high infant and maternal deathrates. Explore how love and the law have intersected in South Australia since 1837 and the limited legal rights to property and guardianship of children for women. Examine the recent archeological finds excavated from Gawler's pioneer cemetery and marvel at the innovative contraptions invented to ensure that people were not buried alive, a very real fear of the nineteenth century. Our new exhibition is an opportunity to delve into t ...
Threads of Life: Stories of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Gawler
Town of Gawler, South Australia
89-91 Murray Street, Town of Gawler, Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 5118
A new exhibition at the Gawler Heritage Gallery celebrating the threads that connect generations. Welcome the tender beginnings of new life, traverse the joyous celebrations
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Threads of Life: Stories of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Gawler
89-91 Murray Street, Town of Gawler, Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 5118
jacinta.weiss@gawler.sa.gov.au-
https://www.gawler.sa.gov.au/about-gawle...
