Museums of History NSW | Life in the past…stinks! Past live event recording. @MuseumsofHistoryNSW | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
We know life in the past was very different to today, but how we know what we know is just as important as what we know. Using evidence from documents, images and oral history can help us better understand what life was like, in the past, for different people.
See what life was like for:
• a servant working at Vaucluse House mansion in the 1860s
• a farm hand working at Rouse Hill Estate in the 1870s
• a mum living at Susannah Place, in Sydney's Rocks area, in the 1920s
Some of the jobs they had to do were a bit smelly, some were really hard work and others...well they really, really stink!
We know life in the past was very different to today, but how we know what we know is just as important as what we know. Using evidence from documents, images and oral history can help us better understand what life was like, in the past, for different people.
See what life was like for:
• a servant working at Vaucluse House mansion in the 1860s
• a farm hand working at Rouse Hill Estate in the 1870s
• a mum living at Susannah Place, in Sydney's Rocks area, in the 1920s
Some of the jobs they had to do were a bit smelly, some were really hard work and others...well they really, really stink!
