From Sarah Wills Howe to Thomas Wentworth Wills: An Australian Family Biography

这个项目将是威尔斯家族的第一个传记研究，这是一个重要但被遗忘的殖民地家庭。从1798年到1880年的三代人，该项目将利用家族传记的创新和见解来重新评估澳大利亚历史上的关键转折点，在这些转折点中，威尔斯家族发挥了重要作用。从女家长莎拉·威尔斯（Sarah Wills）的经济成功，到她的孙子、才华横溢的运动员汤姆·威尔斯（Tom Wills）的悲剧性衰落和自杀，该项目将为那些年带来新的视角。通过家庭传记的说明能力，该项目不仅将揭示一些被遗忘的历史人物，还将为澳大利亚殖民历史的关键方面提供新的解释。

This project will be the first biographical study of the Wills family, a significant yet forgotten colonial family. Across three generations, from 1798 to 1880, the project will use the innovations and insights of family biography to reassess key turning points in Australian history in which the Wills family figured prominently. From the economic success of its matriarch Sarah Wills, to the tragic decline and suicide of her grandson, the sublimely gifted sportsman Tom Wills, the project will bring a new perspective to those years. Through the illustrative capacity of family biography this project will not only uncover some forgotten historical figures but will also offer new interpretations of critical aspects of Australian colonial history.