Australia for Women: Travel and Culture

by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein

Australia for Women is a guide to both travel and culture, geared toward the female traveler. Divided into three sections, the book first presents essays, stories, and poems about Australian history,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558610952
• ISBN13: 9781558610958
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

About women, by women, for women and men

An excellent companion to travels in Australia, either in life or from the armchair. Section 1 is entitled Politics and Daily Life. It includes pieces by women of a variety of ethnic backgrounds, ranging over an extremely eclectic range of topics, from women convicts to racism and politics from koori women's point of view. A reasonable representation of Aboriginal women is present - more than in most collections. Part Two looks at particular places , It is called Cities - Country - Rivers. Some of the pieces are about places well away from the regular tourist path, for example Flinders Island. This is a feminist volume, and includes chapters from lesbian women. Staying and working on organic farms is popular these days. Kaye Johnston's chapter "The revolutionary nature of Lesbian Organic Gardening" tells about her and her partner's project - Moonraker farm in the NSW Southern Highlands. At the end are several listings, some of which may be out of date. More useful is a Recommended Reading section which includes literature, anthologies, poetry and plays, fiction, autobiography, history, - mainly, but not exclusively by women. There is biographical information on each of the contributors. This is a really interesting volume to dip in to, and it is a very valuable companion to Australian cultural life, breaking out of the Crocodile Dundee, sunbronzed Aussie type of stereotype. And, I think, despite the title, there is much for men in here too!