Indoor relief is most commonly associated with nineteenth century British workhouses which assisted people in poverty on the condition that they lived in them. It was widely believed at this time that people were poor through their own fault. The workhouses were a form of punishment in that their occupants were forced to work on menial tasks and their families were broken up.
Australia did not have workhouses. However, people in poverty who also had disabilities or who were elderly or children often received indoor relief. Similarly to Britain, these institutions had a stigma attached to them.
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13 February 2019
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