Sylvia Van Kirk's Article Summary

This week’s article by Sylvia Van Kirk’s was called “Tracing the Fortunes of Five Founding Families of Victoria,”. Kirk’s article was about the founding families of Victoria. What this article focused on the origins and backgrounds of the founding families of Victoria. More specifically, Kirk discussed the roles and values of both first nations people, and the people of mixed blood lines. Within the Victorian society, some people of native background had achieved power within society, resulting in them having a significant role within said society. Kirk within her article discusses families of native background, who had obtained power and how they were treated within a society which saw white skinned people as superior. Within these societies,