The swagman's friend : the story of Peterborough's large-hearted Police Sergeant Wright / Jeff Noble ; [foreword by] Bill Prior CF MPPA
- Bib ID:
- 10010954
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Noble, Jeff, 1953-, author
- Description:
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- [Evanston Park, South Australia] : Jeff Noble in association with the Peterborough History Group, [2023]
- ©2023
- x, 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780645121513
- Summary:
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The effects of unemployment in Peterborough during the Great Depression were brutal. Police Sergeant Roy Wright arrived in the town in early October 1929, just over three weeks before the Black Tuesday stock market crash. The town had already been grappling with the insidious social, emotional and pressing practical impacts of unemployment, as well as dealing with the passing parade of travelling swagmen. This book is the story of the town of Peterborough and of Sergeant Wright, how together they showed compassion and care to those in need during the Depression, especially to swagmen. Roy Wright was a man with a large heart towards those in need; he truly was the Swagman's Friend."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-191)
- Subject:
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- Wright, Roy
- Wright, Roy -- Family
- South Australia. Police Department -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- South Australia. Police Department -- History -- 1929-1939
- Police, Rural -- South Australia -- Peterborough -- Biography
- Depressions -- 1929 -- South Australia -- Peterborough -- History
- Swagmen -- South Australia -- Peterborough -- History -- 1929-1939
- Police services for the homeless -- South Australia -- Peterborough -- History -- 1929-1939
- Police and security services
- 1929 to c 1939 (period of the Great Depression)
- Local history
- Peterborough (S.A.) -- History -- 1929-1939
- Australian
- Genre/Form:
- Biographies
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2023
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