Children of the Circus. The Australian Experience.

John Ramsland is an historian and Mark St Leon a descendant of one of Australia's oldest circus families. Both had an interest in documenting circus history and thus this book arose.Chapters cover; Origins of the Australian Circus, Circus Children in the Colonial Period, Circus Children in the Golden era, 1901-1924, and Children & the Struggle for Survival 1925 to 1980's. Contains photographs.Cover illustration; May Wirth.