Spinifex and hessian : women in north-west Australia, 1860-1900 /
This book explores a grim Australian frontier and brings to life women's lives in one of the world's most remote places, Australia's northwest. Set against a backdrop of European pastoral, pearling and mining expansion, Spinifex and Hessian explores some of the dangerous and impermane...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carlisle, Western Australia :
Hesperian Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | This book explores a grim Australian frontier and brings to life women's lives in one of the world's most remote places, Australia's northwest. Set against a backdrop of European pastoral, pearling and mining expansion, Spinifex and Hessian explores some of the dangerous and impermanent lives of women during the colonial period of 1860-1900. |
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| Item Description: | First published 1986 by University of Western Australia Press, Perth. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 168 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-159) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780859057141 0859057143 |