Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/47089| Title: | Depraved and disorderly: female convicts, sexuality and gender in colonial Australia |
| Authors: | Damousi, Joy |
| Keywords: | Colonial Australia |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Description: | The Emu Plains experiment received little attention until 1825, when allegations were made that women had been selected from the prison, 'for the express purpose of being prostituted at Emu Plains'. It was claimed that 'convict men were allowed the use of the women' and that the women demanded 'rations for such favours'. The men, it was said, 'lived by plunder', and were violent to the women 'to gratify their lust'. In consequence, 'women were in a dreadful state of disease, and complained of this treatment |
| URI: | http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/47089 |
| ISBN: | 0 521 58323 3 |
| Appears in Collections: | Gender |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.Joy Damousi.pdf | 4.89 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.