The politics of writing convict lives: Academic research, state archives and family history

Life Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-33

  Frost, Lucy ^a  

^a Female Factory Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

archives; convict stain; convict women; family history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953067396     PISSN: 14484528     EISSN: 17512964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14484528.2011.542327     Document Type: Review

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