Gender and Race in Australian History

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Margaret Hosking (Mon, Tues, Wed am)
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Peter Jacobs
Margaret Hosking
April 2008

Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks etc.

Reference collection 994 A9425 (another set in main collection)
Australians:. A Historical Library, 1987
v.1 Australians to 1788, ed. D.J. Mulvaney.
v.2 Australians: 1838, ed. A. Atkinson.
v.3 Australians: 1888, ed. G. Davison.
v.4 Australians: 1938, ed. B. Gammage.
v.5 Australians from 1939, ed. A. Curthoys.
v.6 Atlas stand Australians: a historical atlas, ed. J.C.R. Camm.
v.7 Australians: a guide to sources, ed. D.H. Borchardt.
v.8 Australians: events and places, ed. G. Aplin.
v.9 Australians: a historical dictionary, ed. G. Aplin.
v.10 Australians: historical statistics, ed. W. Vramplew.
v.11 Australians: the guide and index.
v.12 Australians 1988:Chronology by M.K. Stell

Reference collection 994.003 D265o
The Oxford companion to Australian history, ed. Graeme Davison. 1998

Reference collection 305.420994 C135a
Australian feminism : a companion , ed. Barbara Caine, 1998

Reference collection 03 A93.6
Australian encyclopaedia.6th ed. 1996

Reference collection 994.0049915 H823
Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture.2 vols. 1994

Reference collection 305.899915 K64o
The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture, ed. S. Kleinert and M. Neale. 2000

Reference collection 994 J95a.2
Encyclopedia of the Australian people, ed. J. Jupp. 2nd ed. 2001

Reference collection 994.23003 P936w
Wakefield companion to South Australian history, ed W. Prest, 2001.
( also in Special Collections University collection, 994.23003 P936)

Biography

Reference collection 305.42016 A512h
Amery, K.L. Hidden women: locating information on significant Australian women. 1986.

Australian dictionary of biography online
also at Reference collection 920 A937

Reference collection 305.42099405 C761
Contemporary Australian women.1996/97

Reference collection 920.72 L829w
Lofthouse, A. Who's who of Australian women. 1982.

Reference collection920.720994 P957
Principal women of the Empire: Australia and New Zealand. 1991 repr of 1940.

Reference collection 305.420994 R129t
Radi, H. 200 Australian women. 1988.

Reference collection 920.720994 S478s
A sense of purpose: great Australian women of the 20th century. 1996.

Reference collection 920.094 B877w
Women in Australia [an historical biography].

Finding Journal Articles

Australia

Australian public affairs - full text: APA-FT.
Citations 1978- , and full text for selected articles 1995-
For earlier journal articles, the following three related sources are useful:

SASS: South Australian sources for social sciences and history

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
interdisciplinary database of popular and scholarly publications, online full text with a strong Australian emphasis.

Mura : the on-line catalogue of AIATSIS, which indexes books, journal articles and other types of materials

MAIS: Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies, 1990-

For Australian literature use:
AustLit: Australian Literature gateway

For aloder articles.....before computers.....use:

Reference collection 994.0016 AI38
Index to journal articles on Australian history for 1974-1988
Reference collection 994.0016 I38
Index to journal articles on Australian history, comp.T. Hogan.1976? Covers to 1973

Reference collection 994.005 A93
Australian public affairs information service (APAIS) no.1 1945-

International

Academic OneFile
20 million peer-reviewed articles, a large proportion of which are
full-text from more than 8000 interdisciplinaryjournals.
Coverage 1980-

Academic Search Premier
Full text for over 4000 of the 8000 journals aross all subject areas.

Studies on women and gender abstracts
International coverage of gender journals, but Australia included.

Bibliographies

Australian lesbian and gay history: a bibliography

The men's bibliography : a comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities and sexualities. Comp. Michael Flood. 5th ed. 1992. (Australian)
Reference collection 305.3106 F631m
* For later editions, see The men's bibliography online.

Reference collection 305.42016 B565h
Bettison, M. and Summers, A. Her story: Australian women in print, 1788-1975. 1980.

Reference collection 305.420994 F791b
Fox, C. J. A bibliography of women and work in Australia. 1989.

Reference collection 305.42016 G353a
Gepp, M.J. Australian women, 1952 - March 1975: a bibliography of articles on women's place in Australian society. 1975

Reference collection 306.70994016 B582 parts 1-2
History of Sexualities in Australia Project

Reference collection 305.420994 K175s
Kaplan, G. Spectrum: a bibliography of women in Australia 1945 to the present. 1995.

Reference collection 305.40994 M188b
Magarey, Susan. A bibliography of Australian women's history. 1990.
also in Special Collections University

Reference collection305.40994 R673w
Roche, T. Women in Australian history: an annotated bibliography. 1989.

Reference collection 304.632 W264
Fertility and family formation: Australasian bibliography and essays, 1972, ed. by Helen Ware
old but good information on the declining birthrate question 1900-1910.

Reference collection 376.994 A516g
Gladly would they learn and gladly teach : Australian women and education, a survey of historical resources and research, M. Amies, 1988.

Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics . Follow the themes (scroll down grey side bar)
People > Demography > Migration.

Reference collection 319.406 A966
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian women's yearbook. 1997.

Main Collection 305.480994 L567a
Lennon, R. About migrant women : statistical profile. 1994.

Websites

See also the library resources guides for:
From White Australia to Woomera:
Migrants, refugees and the making of modern Australia

History of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia:
Part A (South Australia 1836-1911)
Part B Aboriginal people in Twentieth Century Australia

Australian History, a guide to resources, including South Australia

History (including convicts)

Australian Women's Archives Project

Convict creations

International centre for convict studies at University of Tasmania,
includes data from Convict maids by Deborah Oxley, and Sources.

Disrupting the Boundaries: Resistance and Convict Women
an article on the web by Joy Damousi

First Fleet online

Electronic journal of Australian and New Zealand history

Little Lonsdale St Dig A delve into early Melbourne history, looking particularly
at the notorious brothels of Little Lon.

For the 19th century background have a look at the Victorian Web,
especially the section Gender Matters

International H-Net discussuion group and web links:
H-Women and
H-ANZAU: history and culture of Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia

Migration Museum, South Australia

Immigration Museum (Victoria)

Political and Social

Catherine Helen Spence: a bibliography from the State Library of South Australia

Women and Politics (from the State Library of SA)

Documenting a democracy: Australia's story

Australian Electoral Commission: Electoral milestones for women

Sexuality

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Lesley Hall's Web Page, where she deals with a number of topics including
History of sexuality and Women's history (UK)

Employment/Nursing

Australian Nursing and Midwifery History Project

Primary sources, images and guides to them

New South Wales. Index to the Colonial Secretary's papers 1788-1825
The index is arranged alphabetically by surname and subject, and the papers include petitions by convicts towards mitigation of their sentences, requests for permission to marry, testimonials regarding the worthy character of potential settlers, application for land grants or leases, reports on official visits, information about court cases and lists of assigned servants.
The Colonial Secretary's papers, 1788-1825 are on microfilm at
MICROFILM 20102-20173 and MICROFICHE PERDZ 8

State Records, South Australia

Guide to records relating to women. Public Record Office of South Australia, 5 vols. 1988
Reference Collection 305.4099423 G946

Women in Australia : an annotated guide to records . 2 vols. 1977.
Reference Collection 305.4016 W8719

Directories of archives are covered in the Library's Guide to archives and manuscript collections.

Picture Australia , is hosted by the National Library of Australia, provides one gateway to Australian images

State Library of South Australia: Catalogues

Australian Women's Weekly 10/6/1933-31/12/1969
Microfilm Per 105
Partially indexed by Australian Women's Weekly 1946 -71 Index

The Dawn; a journal for Australian women. 1888-1905 ed. Louisa Lawson
Microfilm 20025

Scott family. Papers: Selections. (Rose Scott papers)
Microfilm Per 158

Finding reviews of Australian books.

Australian book reviews are difficult to locate because APAIS specifically excludes them. However, the odd one occasionally slips through, so have a go anyway.

Some recent ones can be found via:
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

Reference collection 011.05 I379
Index to Australian book reviews. 1965-1981

Reference collection 994.0016 I38
Index to journal articles on Australian history: to 1973, 1974-1988
Has a book reviews section at the end of each volume.

Reference collection 05 A926.2
Australian book review. 1978- (1961-1973 in Main Collection)

Reference collection 05 A9383
Australian women's book review. 1989-

The library also offers a larger list of international resources for Finding Book Reviews .

Gender and Race in Australian History

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CONTENTS

Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks etc.

Biography

Finding Journal Articles

Australia

International

Bibliographies

Statistics

Websites

History (including convicts)

Political and Social

Sexuality

Employment/Nursing

Primary sources, images and guides to them

Finding reviews of Australian books.