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    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1992 .
      Extent: xxxi, 261p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., facsims., ports.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by the Authors
      ISBN: 1863731245 (pbk.)
    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1996 .
      Extent: xxxi, 261p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes index and bibliography: p.246-249
      ISBN: 1864482230
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Of Intemperance, Class and Gender in Colonial Queensland : A Working-Class Woman's Account of Alcohol Abuse Howard Le Couteur , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 8 no. 3 2011; (p. 139-157) 'Writings by working-class women are relatively rare in the historical record, especially for mid-nineteenth century Australia. The letters of Julia Cross to her mother in Ely, Cambridgeshire, are notable not just for the mundane matters they discuss, but for the unique insight they give to a woman trapped by her class and gender because of her husband's intemperate habits. In a hard-headed decision, Julia resolved to stay with her husband and live out the consequences. The letters graphically describe her struggle to provide the necessities of life for her family and the stresses of physically protecting her children when her husband was drunk. Julia is revealed as a hard-working and resourceful woman who was committed to giving her children the best she could. The letters give us access to one working-class woman's perspective on men's drinking, one that was certainly not the narrow vision of the domestic sphere associated with the middle class. Julia found spaces outside the domestic sphere in which to work for her family's benefit.' (Author's abstract)
Life Lines : Nineteenth Century Women's Letters and Diaries Patricia Clarke , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1997; (p. 57-66)
Untitled Katie Holmes , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Aumla , May no. 81 1994; (p. 98-99)
— Review of Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence
Untitled Leonora Ritter , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 25 no. 101 1993; (p. 661-662)
— Review of Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence
Life-Lines in Stormy Seas: Some Recent Collections of Women's Diaries and Letters Joy W. Hooton , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-13)
Untitled Judith James , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 36 no. 4 1992; (p. 42)
— Review of Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence
Untitled Leonora Ritter , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 25 no. 101 1993; (p. 661-662)
— Review of Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence
Untitled Katie Holmes , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Aumla , May no. 81 1994; (p. 98-99)
— Review of Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence
Reading Life Writing : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries Sylvia Martin , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 18 no. 2 1992; (p. 126-137)
— Review of A Face in the Glass : The Journal and Life of Annie Baxter Dawbin Lucy Frost , 1992 single work biography ; Life Lines : Australian Women's Letters and Diaries, 1788-1840 1992 anthology correspondence ; As Good as a Yarn with You : Letters Between Miles Franklin, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Jean Devanny, Marjorie Barnard, Flora Eldershaw and Eleanor Dark 1996 anthology correspondence biography
Of Intemperance, Class and Gender in Colonial Queensland : A Working-Class Woman's Account of Alcohol Abuse Howard Le Couteur , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 8 no. 3 2011; (p. 139-157) 'Writings by working-class women are relatively rare in the historical record, especially for mid-nineteenth century Australia. The letters of Julia Cross to her mother in Ely, Cambridgeshire, are notable not just for the mundane matters they discuss, but for the unique insight they give to a woman trapped by her class and gender because of her husband's intemperate habits. In a hard-headed decision, Julia resolved to stay with her husband and live out the consequences. The letters graphically describe her struggle to provide the necessities of life for her family and the stresses of physically protecting her children when her husband was drunk. Julia is revealed as a hard-working and resourceful woman who was committed to giving her children the best she could. The letters give us access to one working-class woman's perspective on men's drinking, one that was certainly not the narrow vision of the domestic sphere associated with the middle class. Julia found spaces outside the domestic sphere in which to work for her family's benefit.' (Author's abstract)
Life-Lines in Stormy Seas: Some Recent Collections of Women's Diaries and Letters Joy W. Hooton , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 16 no. 1 1993; (p. 3-13)
Life Lines : Nineteenth Century Women's Letters and Diaries Patricia Clarke , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1997; (p. 57-66)
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Subjects:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
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