Council Meetings in South Australia


Book Description

A practical guide to the conduct of council meetings in South Australia. Goode brings extensive legal and practical experience to the text while Williams has added detailed comment from the perspective of a Town Clerk. Each chapter finishes with a question and answer summary of the common problems, and sample Minutes and Resolution and suggested Orders of Business are included as appropriate.




South Australia and Federation


Book Description

South Australia and Federation presents a lively and lucid account of what was happening in South Australia at a vital turning point in its history. The federation era was the highwater mark of South Australian's interaction with people in the rest of Australia. Elected representatives of the central colony/state played a key role in creating and shaping the new Australian nation in its formative years. Peter Howell tells this story in the context of fresh examination of the ways in which South Australians were developing their own community.







Servants Depots in Colonial South Australia


Book Description

Marie Steiner's SERVANTS DEPOTS IN COLONIAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA is a fascinating account of a little-known period in South Australian history. In 1855 the colony of South Australia experienced 'excessive female immigration', with large numbers of single females arriving from the British Isles to work as servants. When an economic downturn led to a shortage of domestic help positions, the Colonial Government was moved to establish servants' depots around South Australia to house them. The book details the day-to-day running of these depots, and reveals much about the attitudes towards women in colonial South Australia.