Discussion Leaders: Gillian Polack

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The Governesses: Letters from the Colonies 1862-1882
Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1985 Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1989 (paperback edition)

A Colonial Woman: The Life and Times of Mary Braidwood Mowle 1827-1857
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986, 1987 (2nd print); 1987 (3rd print)
Allen & Unwin, paperback edition, 1991
Eden Killer Whale Museum, 2001

Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1988
Pandora, London, 1988 (hardback and paperback)

Pioneer Writer: The Life of Louisa Atkinson, Novelist, Journalist, Naturalist
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990

Life Lines: Australian Women's Letters and Diaries 1788-1840 (with Dale Spender)
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992
New edition, 1996

Tasma: The Life of Jessie Couvreur
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994

Tasma's Diaries
(edited) Mulini Press, Canberra, 1995

Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist
Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic., 1999

Canberra Historical Journal, editor 1987-2000

Half a Lifetime by Judith Wright
Text Publishing, Melbourne, 1999

Steps to Federation: Lectures marking the Centenary of Federation
Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2001

Discussion

Bibliography of Women's History - Rebecca Garber

Australian Documentary Resources

Ancient, Medieval and Modern History Resources

Women's History Archival Guide - USA

Women in World History - curricula

women's history using biographies

Personal Papers - one approach

Approach of Duke University Library

An example of a women's history academic journal

H-women - a discussion list on the history of women

Archives of feminist material - France

Resources for women's history, Canada

Discussion on women's history (French)