A history of the Ugly Men's Voluntary Workers' Association of W.A. Incorporated
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AuthorFarrell, RitaDescriptionRecounts the history of the Ugly Men's Voluntary Workers' Association of Western Australia. This thesis challenges the depiction of Western Australia in the inter-war period as a prosperous and consensual society. The existence of a welfare organisation of the size and scope of the Ugly Men's Association indicates that there was a greater degree of poverty and hardship experienced in Perth than had previously been acknowledged. An account of the activities of this body of voluntary workers helps bring to light the nature and the extent of that poverty. This thesis illustrates changing community responses to poverty. The provision of charity to the poor was ceasing to be the province of the wealthy elite by the end of the nineteenth century - the Ugly Men's Association represents an attempt by the lower middle and working classses to provide for their own welfare. This thesis has retrieved from obscurity a band of voluntary workers who provided not only material relief from hardship but also a great deal of entertainment. The Ugly Men were a major force in the cultural life of Perth in the 1920sImprint1993Collation105 p. ; 30 cm. ill., ports., facsims., maps leavesLanguageEnglishNotesText on recto only Thesis (B.A., Hons.) -- Murdoch University, 1993Dewey Class361.7 FARPublication FormatReport
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Farrell, Rita, A history of the Ugly Men's Voluntary Workers' Association of W.A. Incorporated. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/23059
