Title Australian women in Papua New Guinea : colonial passages 1920-1960 / Chilla Bulbeck

Published Cambridge [England] ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1992, 2002 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description 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 Analysis Papua New Guinea Women Social life History Colonisation History Papua New Guinea Race relations Sex role Social conditions Women Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 304-317 Notes English Subject Sex role -- Papua New Guinea -- History -- 20th century. Women, White -- Papua New Guinea -- Social conditions. Women, White -- Papua New Guinea -- History -- 20th century. Women colonists -- Papua New Guinea -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552 Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 LC no. 91037965 ISBN 0521412854

ABBREV TI Australian Women in Papua New Guinea

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