Need help with History assignment?

Question

In history so far, been learning about federation and the early 1900s.

Now we got set this assignment.

Have to design a gigantic poster on either Thomas or Jane Hurley's life in 1908.

They are Irish immigrants in their mid thirties and live in Paddington (NSW). They have four children and Jane is pregnant with the fifth.

I'm just a bit confused. Has anyone heard of them? Are they real or fictional?

Please help with this cause I am really stuck.

Answer 1

They seem to be fictional.  I have never heard of them, and neither has Wikipedia.  Google turns up some more recent individuals by the name Thomas Hurley, but no one during the timeframe specified. Searches for Jane Hurley turn up a present-day homeopathic doctor and a lot of links about actress Elizabeth Hurley.  Unless your textbook specifically mentions these people, I'd say they're fictional.

I'm guessing you're supposed to give a general idea of what Irish-Australian immigrants' lives would have been like around 1908.  You may want to confirm this with your instructor just for clarification.

Answer 2

If this is US history, they are probably fictional. i have never heard of them.