Patricia Grimshaw is Professor of History at the University of Melbourne; Susan Janson is assistant editor of Australian Historical Studies, and Marian Quartly is Dean of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne. Grimshaw and Quartly are co-authors (with Marilyn Lake and Ann McGrath) of Creating a Nation (1994), and Janson is co-editor (with Stuart Macintyre) of Through White Eyes (1990).

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart 1 Women in convict society 1788-1840Part 2 Women in a masculine democracy 1840-1860Part 3 Frontiers - rural and urban 1860-1885Part 4 Seeking social solutions 1886-1901NotesSelect bibliographyIndex

Patricia Grimshaw is Professor of History at the University of Melbourne; Susan Janson is assistant editor of Australian Historical Studies, and Marian Quartly is Dean of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne. Grimshaw and Quartly are co-authors (with Marilyn Lake and Ann McGrath) of Creating a Nation (1994), and Janson is co-editor (with Stuart Macintyre) of Through White Eyes (1990).

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsPart 1 Women in convict society 1788-1840Part 2 Women in a masculine democracy 1840-1860Part 3 Frontiers - rural and urban 1860-1885Part 4 Seeking social solutions 1886-1901NotesSelect bibliographyIndex