Transcript What were the main similarities and differences between the poor

What were the main similarities and
differences between the poor and
rich people housing, work and
childhood in Richmond between
1900 and 1930
By Nicholas Karkalas
Introduction
What was the housing of the poor
citizens in Richmond in the early
1900’s?
• Very small houses with large families or even 2
or 3 families.
• Usually iron because they are cheaper and
easier to build.
• They lived at the bottom of the hill because
drainage wasn’t as good on the top of the hill.
• The houses were unsanitary and were too
small.
What was the housing of the rich
citizens in Richmond in the early
1900’s?
• Large houses of brick of wood at the top of
hills and very sanitary and prestigious.
• Thought to be mansions and were relatively
empty because of the amount of people living
there.
• Houses can drain very easily up high on a hill
so they are a lot more expensive.
What was the work of the poor
citizens in Richmond in the early
1900’s?
• Poor citizens worked in the factories that were also
situated in the slums of Richmond.
• Poor citizens would work long hours in order to earn a
low income and their jobs often came with major
health risks.
• In factory jobs of Richmond lots of people tried to get a
limited amount of jobs and the unemployed workers
often begged the factory manager to take them as a
worker and would sometimes only be employed for a
few days or a week. The employer has all the power.
•
What was the work of the poor
citizens in Richmond in the early
1900’s?
• In factory jobs of Richmond lots of people
tried to get a limited amount of jobs and the
unemployed workers often begged the factory
manager to take them as a worker and would
sometimes only be employed for a few days or
a week.
• The employer has all the power.
What was the work of the rich citizens
in Richmond in the early 1900’s?
• Rich citizens worked as doctors, merchants,
business managers and factory owners.
• They received a greater income then poor
factory workers by doing less hours and less
strenuous work.
• Rich factory owners and other successful
people had more spare times and were often
invited to “clubs”, most famously the
“Melbourne Club”.
What was the childhood of poor
people had in Richmond in early
1900’s?
• Childhood for the poor people of Richmond
was very difficult. They had little schooling (up
to year 6) if any.
• They often worked in factories at a very young
age to help their families survive. They had
very unhealthy lifestyle and were often sick.
• A few of them lost mothers at childbirth and
that often affected their upbringing in a very
negative way.
What was the childhood of the rich
people of Richmond having in the
early 1900’s?
• The childhood of rich people was much better
than that of the poor but it still was quite bad
compared to ours today.
• Their schooling was often longer and better
quality of that of the poor kids.
• They often started work later and had easier
work and worked less hours.
• They often had maids take care of them and their
fathers were rarely home because of work and
leisure. Rich families were usually smaller.
What was the childhood of the rich
people of Richmond having in the
early 1900’s?
• They often had maids take care of them and
their fathers were rarely home because of
work and leisure. Rich families were usually
smaller.
How did the poor citizens treat the
rich citizens?
• The poor citizens often treated the rich well
because they were their employers and they
relied very heavily on them.
• Essentially the poor relied on the rich for their
work and in turn for their family to survive.
How did the rich citizens treat the
poor citizens?
• The rich citizens of Richmond treated the poor
citizens badly.
• They did this by giving them bad,
unpredictable and dangerous jobs.
• Even though the rich relied heavily on the
poor they still treated them badly.
How did the Rich and poor citizens
interact?
• Rich and poor citizens interacted rarely at
social levels but they interacted often on a
work or business level.
• The poor often treated the rich well because
they relied on them.
How did the Rich and poor citizens
interact?
• Many poor people in the early 1900s in
Richmond said they disliked their bosses for
their disrespect towards them.
• The Rich didn’t like to be seen with “lower
class” citizens in public places so they often
mad clubs so they didn’t have to interact with
them.
Did they live in the same areas?
• The rich and the poor may have only lived 100
metres away from each other but their
lifestyles were completely different.
• The lower class citizens often lived at the
bottom of hills which meant they flooded
easily and sewerage was hard to get rid of.
Did they live in the same areas?
• The “higher class” of people often lived at the
top of hills because it didn’t flood, sewerage
was easily abolished and of course they had
the best views.
What are the similarities between
their housing?
• There were very few similarities between
housing apart from both classes of people
lived near the yarra for sewerage and they
lived near shops to buy food and clothing.
• Apart from mansions (which were very rare)
all kitchens were still outside because of the
fire hazards and in the early 1900s the toilets
were all outside.
What are the similarities between
their works?
• Many rich and poor people worked in the
same place like factories but they had
different types of jobs.
• The rich would require less work physically but
the poor require less mentally.
What is similar about their childhood?
• Very little is similar about their childhood
apart from the areas they lived in and they
sometimes even went to the same schools.