Pioneer women of the bush and outback / Jennifer Isaacs
- Bib ID:
- 2032449
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Isaacs, Jennifer, 1946-
- Description:
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- Sydney : Lansdowne, 1998
- 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1863026428 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Explores the history and influence of ordinary women in the Australian bush and country towns. Through family photographs, records and museum archives the book provides a portrait of how women set up and ran their remote bush homes and the work they did outside the home: shearing, droving, managing properties, teaching and governessing. A fascinating insight into the daily lives of women from a variety of backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh settlers, Chinese, Indian and German women" -- back cover.
- Notes:
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- First published: Willoughby, N.S.W. : Lansdowne, 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
- Subject:
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- Women pioneers -- Australia -- History
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia
- Women -- Australia -- History
- Occupations - Agricultural and horticultural workers
- Reproduction - Childbirth - Midwifery
- Daily life - Domestic - Housework
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific
- Employment - Conditions - Slavery and indentured labour
- Employment - Labour market - Women
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Occupations - Domestic servants
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Australia
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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