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Queen Mary of Denmark

b. 1972

Born
5 Feb 1972, Hobart
Country of birth
Australia

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A life in time

  1. Born · Hobart

    Birth, Hobart

  2. Child born: Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark

    Birth, Rigshospitalet

  3. Child born: Princess Isabella of Denmark

    Birth, Rigshospitalet

  4. Child born: Prince Vincent of Denmark

    Birth, Rigshospitalet

  5. Child born: Princess Josephine of Denmark

    Birth, Rigshospitalet

What was it like?

The world around Hobart, 1972: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

In 1942, the Australian government introduced the victory suit, a regulated design intended to save fabric, buttons, and thread for the war effort.

Fashion
Around 1942–1949

Introduction of the victory suit

In 1942, the Australian government introduced the victory suit, a regulated design intended to save fabric, buttons, and thread for the war effort.

Around 1942–1949

Wartime clothing rationing coupon values

During World War II rationing, each person received 112 clothing coupons annually; a man's suit cost 38 coupons, while a pair of socks cost 4.

Music
Around 1925–1949

Instruments used for country dances

Musicians in hinterland towns often performed for long hours using primarily the violin and piano or accordion, sometimes adding instruments like the banjo, guitar, cornet, saxophone or trombone.

Around 1925–1949

Pianos were central to home entertainment

Most homes featured a piano, a prized possession used for family singing, playing solos or duets, and accompanying small social dances at home.

Getting around
Around 1924–1935

Long-distance rail travel times

In 1924, a rail journey from Brisbane to Cairns took 53.5 hours, a trip that was later reduced to 45 hours in 1935 with the introduction of the Sunshine Express.

Around 1920–1929

Signaling for a train at night

In the 1920s, passengers wishing to board the last train at Rosanna station had to wave a kerosene lamp to signal the driver to stop. The journey to Princes Bridge took one hour by steam train.

Daily life
Around 1925–1949

Classroom tools and ink duties

In classrooms with up to forty-four pupils, children often learned to write on slates, and later used pens where students were responsible for replenishing their own desk inkwells from a central supply.

Around 1925–1949

Lighting and managing limited water supplies

When electricity was unavailable, households relied on smelly kerosene lamps for light, with candles used at bedtime, and families frequently checked water levels in tanks by tapping them to hear the sound difference.

Food
Around 1942–1949

Ration books were more valuable than money

During World War II, food rationing was so strict that ration books were considered more valuable than money. Each person was limited to just over one chop of meat per day.

Around 1939–1945

Rabbit was known as underground mutton

During wartime, families used cheap or unrationed meats like rabbit or kangaroo, often disguising them as chicken. Rabbit was commonly referred to as underground mutton.

Prices and wages
Around 1935–1935

Average weekly wages in 1935

In December 1935, the average weekly wage for an adult male was 82 shillings and 10 pence, while the average for an adult female was 45 shillings.

Around 1930–1939

Cost of rabbit meat

In the 1930s, rabbits cost four shillings a pair, and for some families, they were the only affordable meat.

Work
Around 1936–1939

Hardships of Port Kembla waterside workers

Waterside workers at Port Kembla were sometimes required to work 24-hour shifts in rain and dust while handling 90-pound ingots of lead or pig iron without protective gear. To reach the wharves, some men traveled in open flat-top lorries with their limbs dangling over the sides, a practice that caused frequent accidents.

Around 1930–1939

Domestic and service work conditions and pay

Domestic maids often lived in partitioned cubicles without recreation rooms and earned about 10/- a week plus board. Cooks at hospitals were paid 30/- a week and expected to manage equipment like gas and steam to feed 100 staff members.

News and letters
Around 1944–1945

Wartime airgraph letters

During World War II, airgraph letters were used where messages were written on forms, microfilmed, flown to their destination, and then photographically printed for delivery.

Around 1930–1939

Postal costs in the 1930s

During the 1930s, standard letter postage was 2 pence, while airmail letters required an additional surcharge of 3 pence.

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.