The Marriage Knot: Marriage and Divorce in Colonial Western Australia 1829-1900 by Penelope Hetherington

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Minor wear to book edges and corners. Pages have sunned.

In this book, well-known historian Penelope Hetherington examines marriage in colonial Western Australia. In the first half, she investigates the curious changes in the registration and solemnization laws between 1847 and 1856. In the second half, she focuses on the 1863 Divorce Law.