Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 38)

  • Amateur Theatre Tradition
    Amateur Theatre Tradition: Theatre companies, concerts, carnivals, festivals, and the Arts and Culture Centre.
  • Johnny Burke (1851-1930)
    Biography of entertainer Johnny Burke
  • Performance Dance
    Among the earliest records of dance classes in Newfoundland and Labrador are newspaper advertisements for social dance classes in St. John's.
  • Theatre
    The history of theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador is long and varied.
  • Labour Organization and Unions
    Until well into the 20th century, Newfoundland's primary economic activity was in the fisheries.
  • Population Distribution and Land-Based Industries
    With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.
  • Eyewitness Accounts of Early Outport Life
    Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.
  • The Role of the Garrison, 1815-1870
    The role of the Garrison in Newfoundland between the years 1815 and 1870.
  • The Wars and Newfoundland Society: The Home Front
    The most visible sign of the transformation from fishery to colony was the increase in Newfoundland's permanent population.
  • Migratory Fishery and Settlement Patterns
    Information about the migratory fishery and the patterns permanent settlement around Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Settlement and Society
    An overview of the growth of the resident population and patterns of settlement in Newfoundland during the early 19th century.
  • Social History 1760-1830
    Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • Establishment of Colonial Status
    Although the British Government had attempted in 1775 to limit residence, within 50 years it conferred colonial status upon Newfoundland.
  • 19th Century Migration
    Newfoundland and Labrador experienced immigration during the first half of the 19th century and emigration during the latter decades of the century.
  • Acadian Village
    About the origins of the town of Stephenville and it's surrounding area, once known as the Acadian Village.
  • Eastport Peninsula:Broomclose and Sailors Island
    A histroy about the communities Broomclose and Sailors Island, located on the Eastport Peninsula of Newfoundland.
  • Cities
    Information about the definition of a city as well as information about St. John's, Mount Pearl, and Corner Brook.
  • Community Making: Eastport, Happy Adventure, Sandy Cove
    The settlement of Eastport, Happy Adventure and Sandy Cove was essentially a single phased operation from the 1850s into the 1870s.
  • Eastport Peninsula:Community Origins
    The origins of Communities in the Eastport Peninsula, such as Salvage, Eastport, Sandy Cove, Happy Adventure, etc.
  • Community
    A community is a group of people who live in the same area and share the same culture. This article is all about the function of communities.

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