Foreword / Jann McFarlane -- Ch. 1. Scarlet women on the early goldfields -- Ch. 2. Of vice and men : foreign devils and Japanese flowers -- Ch. 3. Containing the 'social evil' in Kalgoorlie -- Ch. 4. Hay Street and the long arm of the law -- Ch. 5. Business as usual : madams' stories -- Ch. 6. Foreshadowing the end of an era -- Ch. 7. The stormy demise of traditional containment -- Ch. 8. The politics of new containment -- Ch. 9. Scarlet women in the new millenium
Summary
While the 'scarlet women' of the gold-fields were vilified in print, they were welcomed with open arms by lonely men living in the tent cities of Kalgoorlie during the gold rush. This is a compelling social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, where the brothels and the police station have shared the same street for over a century
Analysis
Kalgoorlie
Prostitution
Social conditions
History
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index