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Murtho Village Settlement [B 16048] • Photograph

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Summary

General view of Murtho village settlement.

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Physical description

Photograph; 17.2 cm x 8.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1894

Collection

Part of Murtho Collection

Subject

Collective settlements -- South Australia -- Riverland
Murtho Village Settlement (S.A.)

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Historical information

Murtho was one of thirteen communal settlements known as village settlements. These were created to ease the economic depression following the major strikes in the 1890's and the bank crash of 1893. Socialist ideas became popular and utopian schemes were appealing to the unemployed and those struggling to make ends meet. Murtho was the only village to require settlers to pay a joining fee. However this led to problems along with a badly positioned pump and the settlement ceased in 1900. The story of John Erskine Miller Gilmour (1862-1914) is told in Maria Harding's book 'Onward Ever Backward Never - the Life of Elsie and Erskine Gilmour' by Maria Harding and touches on their hardship.

Digitisation information

Date

23/08/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,348 x 2,899 pixels (12.6 MP)

Size

37.85 MB

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