1991 “Barefoot & Pregnant?…” reprinted by Ligature in 2021.(2)

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1991 “Barefoot & Pregnant?…” reprinted by Ligature in 2021.

I was mightily chuffed to have my 1991 Barefoot…? included in the untapped.org.au project. Do have a look at the website to see all the works that were brought back into print.

Because of the sheer number of books involved, some corners were cut, especially with larger volumes such as Barefoot. Despite this, those involved did an excellent job. The index of the original edition is missing, as are some of the illustrations but the text is eminently readable.

What I’m planning to do today is supply some of the missing illustrations, and maybe expand the endnotes a little. (I do love a substantive endnote or footnote. Robin Haines is an expert at this . See her Doctors at Sea. Emigrant voyages to Colonia Australia, Or her endnotes for chapter 3 in Irish Women in Colonial Australia. )

Brilliant!

First up are the missing family reconstitution forms. They are for Margaret and Sarah Devlin and Catherine Fox per Earl Grey, Margaret Gerity/Geraghty per Panama, Mary Anne Byng per Diadem, and Ellen Brodie/Brady per Pemberton.

Please forgive my clumsy way with technology. If you want a better copy, do ask, and I’ll see what i can find. Maybe try the search box first. No promises mind.

Imagine what could be done for the history of a local area, over time, using this historical demography technique.

I’m tempted to publish this post straight away simply because NBNco maintenance work may affect my access to the internet over the next three days. In the meantime, I’ll look out the orphan photos that appeared in the 1991 volume.

‘There’s nothing like a fresh of breath air’ or ‘a loyal wifish woman cacchinic wheepingcaugh’. Apologeeds to James Joyce.