{"product_id":"from-cornwall-to-moonta-dianne-griffin-9781922830302","title":"From Cornwall to Moonta: migration and resettlement","description":"\u003cp\u003e1864. Cornwall. In the wake of the Agricultural Revolution, Benjamin and Emma Bowden decide to emigrate. They are pawns in a much bigger scheme, which is to divest Britain of its poor and send them to Wakefield's Free-Colony of South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the long journey, the sailing ship is tossed like flotsam, and they eagerly disembark in Adelaide. Here they work on Samuel Davenport's farm.To make more money, they move to Moonta Mines and live on the mining lease, where danger is all around them, until Ben and William Threthowan finally acquire their freehold properties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearing Mallee scrub from the land is brutal and the isolation daunting. Droughts, anthrax, financial crises and typhoid hover and strike. The large Bowden and Threthowan families struggle just to survive during the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill their sons ever own farms of their own? Should they have stayed in Cornwall?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dianne Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922830305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922830302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glass House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Dianne Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082981187839,"sku":"9781922830302","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-cornwall-to-moonta-dianne-griffin-9781922830302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}