Hunt, Susan Jane

Spinifex and Hessian: Women's Lives in North-Western Australia, 1860-1900

Nedlands: University Of Western Australia Press, 1986. Octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp xxi, 168 including bibliography and index. Previous owner's bookplate. Near-fine condition.

Explores the experiences of the women who lived on the north-west frontier; those who accompanied the male pioneers; women who travelled north as servants, teachers, prostitutes and hotel-keepers; and the Aboriginal women whose country was over-run by the settlers. Item #105971

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