Marriage: Love and Law exhibition catalogue - Flipbook - Page 4
CONTENTS
Marriage: Love and Law
Exhibition dates
30 March to 16 June 2019
Penrith Regional Gallery,
Home of The Lewers Bequest
Exhibition catalogue
Published by NSW State Archives
PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747, Australia
records.nsw.gov.au
info@records.nsw.gov.au
© NSW State Archives, 2019
A catalogue record for this
book is available from the
National Library of Australia
Creator: Stannard, Penny, author.
Title: Marriage: Love and Law / Penny Stannard
(curator/author).
ISBN 978-0-6481110-3-0
(ebook)
Other creators/contributors:
Wildie, Bonnie, assistant curator.
Lindsey, Kiera, author.
MacCallum, Judith, author.
Moss, Tara, author.
Austen, Jeremy, book designer.
NSW State Archives. issuing body.
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers
and audiences are warned that this publication and
the exhibition, Marriage: Love and Law, contain
images of and references to deceased persons.
This publication is copyright in all countries
subscribing to the Berne Convention. Apart from any
fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research,
criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright
Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any persons
without written permission from NSW State Archives.
Introduction
Made for Love, Governed by Law
LAWFUL MARRIAGE,
STABILITY OF THE COLONY
SUITABLE MATCHES,
CONTROLLED MARRIAGES
MODERN PROBLEMS, REFORMS
82
QUESTIONING MARRIAGE
88
CHANGES, CHOICES
94
Just Married 1974
Judith MacCallum
97
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18
Dieu et mon Droit
Always the Bridesmaid …
Raquel Ormella
28
PROMISED IN MARRIAGE
30
Sarah Cox & John Payne
31
Andree Lauzanne & Arnold Resch
ROMANCE, ROYALTY, CAUTION
100
Finding ‘I Do’: An Archivist’s Perspective
Bonnie Wildie
107
A SPENT FORCE OR JUST DIFFERENT?
110
35
To Believe In Marriage – And Divorce
Tara Moss
113
PROPERTY, RESPECTABILITY
36
CHANGING CELEBRATIONS
120
Transubstantiation
Danie Mellor
40
TOWARDS EQUALITY
124
Maria Cook & Robert Lock
42
Party 1 and Party 2
Freya Jobbins
132
ABDUCTION, INFLUENCE
46
Emmeline Blake & Patrick Meehan
48
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
134
A Most Scandalous Conspiracy
Kiera Lindsey
Further reading
136
52
DISCRIMINATION, DEDICATION
56
Scarred for Life
Blak Douglas
60
WOMEN, PROPERTY, EQUALITY
62
RECONSTRUCTION, READJUSTMENT
66
FAMILY, STABILITY, NATION
74
UNITY, DISUNITY
78
Additional items and works in exhibition 141
Key biographies
143
Acknowledgements146
