Daily Life in the Early Days of NSW

Daily Life in the new Colony

Life in the New South Wales Colony was hard. Every family member that could walk helped with the chores. Even though the colonies had poor soil most people farmed. Before the farm was used they had to cut down the trees and use them to make the house and the farm yard; like fences and the shelters for the sheep.

Families grew a variety of plants like: corn, rye, peas, squash, and pumpkins. The animals that the families kept were chickens, sheep, cows, and pigs. The men did the hunting and planting. The women and children made clothes, candles, soap, pounded the grains, preserved vegetables and meat and did the cooking.