Category: Victoria

Did Victorian Couples Sleep Same Bed?

Regular folks slept in the same bed. Dwellings were small, it was cold at night, beds were at a premium. My great grandparents had a tiny house. They had their own little room and bed. Did Victorians sleep in separate beds? Bedrooms reserved for adults and children became commonplace in affluent 19th century homes. Husbands […]

What Time Is School Lunch In Victoria?

A Day in Secondary School 10.15am – 10.45am Recess 10.45am – 11:35am Teaching period 3 11.35am – 12:20pm Teaching period 4 12:20pm – 13:20pm Lunch time What time is lunch in Australian primary schools? 13.30pm – 13.45pmGoing to school in Australia is a great experience for a young person from another country. A Day in […]

How Did Victorian Slums Arise?

London slums arose initially as a result of rapid population growth and industrialisation. They became notorious for overcrowding, unsanitary and squalid living conditions. What were the slums in the Victorian era? During Queen Victoria’s reign numerous slums lurked behind the capital’s busy thoroughfares: Vicious and overcrowded hovels were sandwiched in between the Mile End Road […]

What Did Victorians Call Hospitals?

Hospitals were breeding grounds for infection and provided only the most primitive facilities for the sick and dying, many of whom were housed on wards with little ventilation or access to clean water. As a result of this squalor, these places became known as ‘Houses of Death‘. What was a hospital called in the 1800s? […]

How Healthy Were Victorian Children?

How healthy were Victorian children? Many Londoners died from illnesses such as cholera, measles and scarlet fever. Babies in over-crowded and damp housing were the most at risk from diarrhoea and tuberculosis. Even those in rich families died because of poor medical knowledge. What was life like for children in the Victorian era? Life for […]

What River Forms The Boundary Between Victoria?

The Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia’s highest mountains, then meanders northwest across Australia’s inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows into South Australia. What is the Victorian border river? the Murray RiverThe left bank of the Murray River […]