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Be home by dark: childhood freedoms and adult fears in 1950s Victoria
Citation
Pascoe Leahy, C, Be home by dark: childhood freedoms and adult fears in 1950s Victoria, Australian Historical Studies, 40, (2) pp. 215-231. ISSN 1031-461X (2009) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright © 2009 Informa UK Limited
DOI: doi:10.1080/10314610902865696
Abstract
Oral history narratives construct the 1950s as a time of immense freedom for Australian children; roaming the streets happily and safely until night-fall. These idyllic recollections are framed by a set of contemporary concerns about the over-protected twenty-first century child. And yet the introduction, by a range of government agencies, of a variety of strategies to protect juvenile safety suggests that adult fears for children existed in the post-war years. This paper explores the seeming contradiction between the existence of such restrictions and the memories of carefree youth in 1950s Victoria.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | history, children, Australia, freedom, mobility |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | Australian history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Pascoe Leahy, C (Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy) |
ID Code: | 148744 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | History and Classics |
Deposited On: | 2022-02-04 |
Last Modified: | 2022-03-17 |
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