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Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
vol.
8
no.
3
2011
of
History Australia
est. 2003-
History Australia
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Rethinking Approaches to Women in Missions : The Case of Colonial Australia,
single work
criticism
'This paper focuses on three women in Protestant missions from the later decades of the nineteenth century to the 1920s, examining the circumstances that made cross-cultural exchanges of faith, learning, family and work on Australian missions distinctive. On sites where missionaries, Indigenous residents, government bureaucrats and neighbouring settlers were all stakeholders with competing interests, the white mission women held out the promise to Indigenous Christian women of creative new life opportunities. They believed, mistakenly, that they could deliver on their promises, despite living in the midst of a society and working within settler governmental regimes that were thriving on Indigenous dispossession. The paper considers fragmentary glimpses of these concerns as they emerged within the writings of white and Indigenous Christian women in Manunka (South Australia), Mapoon on Cape York (Queensland) and East Gippsland (Victoria).' (Author's abstract)
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Of Intemperance, Class and Gender in Colonial Queensland : A Working-Class Woman's Account of Alcohol Abuse,
single work
criticism
'Writings by working-class women are relatively rare in the historical record, especially for mid-nineteenth century Australia. The letters of Julia Cross to her mother in Ely, Cambridgeshire, are notable not just for the mundane matters they discuss, but for the unique insight they give to a woman trapped by her class and gender because of her husband's intemperate habits. In a hard-headed decision, Julia resolved to stay with her husband and live out the consequences. The letters graphically describe her struggle to provide the necessities of life for her family and the stresses of physically protecting her children when her husband was drunk. Julia is revealed as a hard-working and resourceful woman who was committed to giving her children the best she could. The letters give us access to one working-class woman's perspective on men's drinking, one that was certainly not the narrow vision of the domestic sphere associated with the middle class. Julia found spaces outside the domestic sphere in which to work for her family's benefit.' (Author's abstract)
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Tripping over Feathers,
single work
review
— Review of Tripping over Feathers : Scenes in the Life of Joy Janaka Wiradjuri Williams : A Narrative of the Stolen Generations 2009 single work biography ; (p. 210-212) -
Intimate Histories,
single work
review
— Review of Moving Stories : An Intimate History of Four Women across Two Countries 2011 single work biography ; (p. 212-213) -
Pretenders,
single work
review
— Review of A Swindler's Progress : Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty 2009 single work biography ; (p. 214-216) -
Restless Spirit,
single work
review
— Review of The Imago : E. L. Grant Watson and Australia 2011 single work biography ; (p. 216-218) -
Historical Journeys,
single work
review
— Review of Australia : William Blandowski's Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Life 1862 reference ; (p. 223-225)
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