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dc.contributor.authorDamousi, Joy-
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T06:16:08Z-
dc.date.available2019-02-25T06:16:08Z-
dc.date.issued1997-
dc.identifier.isbn0 521 58323 3-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/47089-
dc.descriptionThe 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-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectColonial Australiaen_US
dc.titleDepraved and disorderly: female convicts, sexuality and gender in colonial Australiaen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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