"Dirty Domestics and Worse Cooks": Aboriginal Women's Agency and Domestic Frontiers, Southern Australia, 1800-1850
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynette Russell
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 18-46
Description
Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.