Viewbank Homestead (PhD Research)
Summary
PhD research undertaken on the material culture of the Martins, a wealthy middle-class family in nineteenth-century Melbourne. The artefact assemblage used for this research was recovered by Heritage Victoria between 1996 and 1999 from the site of Viewbank homestead, in Heidelberg, Melbourne. Viewbank was home to Dr Robert and Mrs Lucy Martin and their six children from 1844 to 1874. In analysing the assemblage, this PhD is particularly concerned with the close relationship between material culture and the idea of gentility, which played a vital role in determining various aspects of the lives of the middle class, including their identities, values and behaviours, daily lives, social customs and consumer choices.
Cite this Record
Viewbank Homestead (PhD Research). ( tDAR id: 407150) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BP04VS
Keywords
Culture
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) (FOR 210108)
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Glass
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Metal
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miscellaneous
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Organic
Site Name
Viewbank Homestead
Site Type
Domestic
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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House
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Rural
General
Middle class
Geographic Keywords
Australia (Continent)
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Banyule City
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Melbourne
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Victoria (State / Territory)
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Viewbank
Spatial Coverage
min long: 145.075; min lat: -37.76 ; max long: 145.103; max lat: -37.734 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Sarah Hayes
Collaborator(s): La Trobe University
Repository(s): Heritage Victoria
Record Identifiers
TDAR ID(s): 6976
FAIMS ID(s): repo.fedarch.org/project/6976
Source Collections
Heritage Victoria Conservation Laboratory
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