In the eye of the beholder: what six nineteenth-century women tell us about indigenous authority and identity
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Notice to indigenous readers -- Introduction -- 1. Sowing the seeds for nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century women's writing -- Part A. Adventurers -- 2. Early perceptions of Aborigines -- Eliza Fraser's legacy : 'Through a glass darkly' -- 3. Literary excesses -- Eliza Davies : imagination and fabrication -- 4. Queensland frontier adventure -- Emily Cowl : excitement and humour -- Part B. Settlers : changing the racial landscape -- 5. An early, short-term settler -- Katherine Kirkland : valuable insights through the silences -- 6. Mary McConnel : Christianising the Aborigines? -- 7. Australian-born settler -- Rose Scott Cowen : acknowledging indigenous humanity and integrity -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : the works of the women writers -- Appendix B : the works of other Australian women writers referred to in this book.