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An Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century Consumer Behavior in Melbourne, Australia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina pp 39–65Cite as

Marvellous Melbourne

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The aim of this chapter is to set the scene and provide a background of nineteenth-century Melbourne and Little Lon. The chapter begins with a brief history of the city from pre-colonization through to the close of the nineteenth century and includes major events that shaped the city such as the gold rush, the land boom, and the 1890s depression. The chapter then describes conditions for working-class people in nineteenth-century Melbourne followed by a background history of the suburb of Little Lon. It then moves onto detailing the archaeological work previously conducted at Little Lon and concludes with a discussion of the archaeological work previously conducted at the specific site of Lot 35, Little Leichhardt Street.

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Ricardi, P. (2020). Marvellous Melbourne. In: An Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century Consumer Behavior in Melbourne, Australia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21595-8_3

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