The Worn Stockwhip: Tracking Down a Past

The Worn Stockwhip—Tracking down a Past is a story of the journey of the author’s father from illegitimate, working-class lad to a member of the middle-class. The background to the story is the manners, morals and social mores of early twentieth-century Melbourne. In exploring the influences which helped to shape this man’s life, it illuminates some of the social and moral customs of the times and is also a study of the forces which shape the individual. — ISBN13: 9780646450872