xii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents
Machine derived contents note: Map of Papua New Guinea -- Introduction -- 1. Passages to Papua New Guinea -- 2. Different destinations -- 3. White women in Papua New Guinea: relative creatures? -- 4. In town and down the road -- 5. War, a watershed in race relations -- 6. The civilising mission -- 7. Matters of sex -- 8. Making a space for women -- Appendices -- Bibliography
Summary
By the time Australia withdrew from Papua New Guinea in 1975, about 10,000 Australian women had lived there at some stage since 1920. This is an account of the experiences of white women in Papua New Guinea between the 1920s and the 1960s, based on interviews and written documentation. Author from Griffith University