#NFHM Blogging Challenge Week 1 - Poor Man's Orange
It's week 1 of the National Family History Month Blogging Challenge. Take what you will from the title of Ruth Park's novel Poor Man's Orange published in 1949. The novel was set in Surry Hills, Sydney about a Catholic Irish Family. Perhaps there were Irish Catholics in your family. Perhaps your ancestors lived in Surry Hills or Sydney. Have you got a tale of making do? Or a tale of working class ancestors? The book caused quite a stir when it came out as you can see from the Letters to the Sydney Morning Herald in July 1949 - nearly 70 years ago. Courtesy of the National Library of Australia, Trove Letters READERS' OPINIONS OF NOVEL (1949, July 9). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) , p. 2. Retrieved July 22, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18121842 Join in our challenge. We welcome bloggers from near and far. August is National Family History Month in Australia but you don't have...