Australian Women in Papua New Guinea Colonial Passages 1920}}}1960 [Paperback]

An evocative account of white women's experiences in Papua between the 1920s and 1960s.This is an evocative and compelling account of the experiences of white women in Papua New Guinea between the 1920s and the 1960s, written against a backdrop of official colonial affairs.This is an evocative and compelling account of the experiences of white women in Papua New Guinea between the 1920s and the 1960s, written against a backdrop of official colonial affairs.By the time Australia withdrew from Papua New Guinea in 1975, about 10,000 Australian women had lived there at some stage since 1920. Many came with their husbands who were missionaries, plantation owners or government administrators while numerous others came of their own initiative working as teachers, medical practitioners, nurses and missionaries. Australian Women in Papua New Guinea is an evocative and compelling account of the experiences of these women in Papua New Guinea between the 1920s and 1960s. The book is based on oral interviews and the written documentation of nineteen women and is written against a backdrop of official colonial affairs.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. ...an interesting and innovative work. Pacific Affairs An informative and readable book....Bulbeck's book offers new perspectives and stimulates important questions on Papua New Guinea's hstory. Lenora Foerstel, Antipodes