Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta story – Part 8
As we saw in Part 6 and 7 of this study, life in Wangaratta agreed very well with Ada Cambridge. However in her memoir she hinted at a disappointment that wounded deeply, but which she could not elaborate on. … we still found nothing to disagree with us –...
Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta Story – Part 7
After Ada Cambridge wrote about the people who became her closest friends during her short residence in Wangaratta, she took to observing the community and comparing it to life in England. And as for the cottage people – the marked thing about them was that they...
Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta Story – Part 6
As we saw in Part 5 of this series, Ada Cambridge remarked on the egalitarian nature of early 1870s Wangaratta society, and mentioned a few friends who were from the “tradesfolk” class. After recalling the wife of a stationer – identified as Anne...
Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta Story – Part 5
Ada Cambridge, as we have seen in previous posts in this series, enjoyed an active social life. There were bazaars and church teas and such things – quite as exciting as the private functions – at which our circle of friends and acquaintances was...
Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta Story – Part 4
After doctors, bankers came next in social importance in Wangaratta according to Ada Cambridge’s memoir Thirty Years in Australia. She described them as “the backbone of country society”, remarking how important it was that “they should be...
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