WEST AUSTRALIANA

Set against a backdrop of European pastoral, pearling and mining development, this book explores the experiences of women who accompanied male pioneers, women who travelled north as servants, teachers, prostitutes and hotel-keepers, and the Aboriginal women whose country was over-run by the settlers.

• x, 168 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
• Bibliography: p. 152-159.
• #240823 First Edition
• Western Australian experience series.
• Women — Western Australia — North West Region — History — 19th century
• Frontier and pioneer life — Western Australia — North West Region