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  • The Women of Little Lon

    Sex Workers in Nineteenth Century Melbourne

    by Barbara Minchinton ...
    A vivid account of a remarkable but little-known chapter in Melbourne’s historySex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women.While today a city lane is famously named after Madame Brussels, ... Read more

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  • Madame Brussels

    The Life and Times of Melbourne's Most Notorious Woman

    by Barbara Minchinton ...
    A must-read biography of an enigmatic personality who helped shape early MelbourneMadame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in nineteenth-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until now, little has been known about Caroline Hodgson, the woman behind the alter ego.Born in Prussia to a working-class family, Caroline arrived in Melbourne in 1871. Left alone when ... Read more

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  • The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne

    A Historical Archaeology

    by Tim Murray, Kristal Buckley, Dr Sarah Hayes, Geoff Hewitt, Justin McCarthy, Professor Richard Mackay, Barbara Minchinton, Charlotte Smith, Jeremy Smith, Bronwyn Woff ...
    Series Book 7 - Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology
    For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Melbourne's Little Lonsdale - locally known as 'Little Lon' - was notorious as a foul slum and brothel district, occupied by the itinerant and the criminal. The stereotype of 'slumdom' defined 'Little Lon' in the minds of Melbournians, and became entrenched in Australian literature and popular culture.The Commonwealth Block, Melbourne tells a different ... Read more

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    The Women of Little Lon

    Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne

    by Barbara Minchinton ...
    Narrated by Fiona Macleod, James Saunders ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 1 min

    Sex workers in 19th-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women. While today a popular bar and a city lane are famously named after Madame Brussels, the identities of the other ‘flash madams’, the ‘dressed girls’ ... Read more

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    Madame Brussels

    The Life and Times of Melbourne's Most Notorious Woman

    by Barbara Minchinton, Philip Bentley ...
    Narrated by Lucy Moir ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 50 min

    Madame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in 19th-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until now, little has been known about Caroline Hodgson, the woman behind the alter ego. Born in Prussia to a working-class family, Hodgson arrived in Melbourne in 1871. Left alone when her police-officer husband was sent to work in remote Victoria, she turned her hand to ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Caroline Chisholm: An Irresistible Force - How Caroline Chisholm Helped Shape a Nation

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