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A secretive century : Monte Punshon's Australia / Tessa Morris-Suzuki.
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9780522879940
Author
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa
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A secretive century : Monte Punshon's Australia / Tessa Morris-Suzuki.
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Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2024.
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330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
Monte Punshon refused to be labelled. She was, at various times, Ethel May Punshon, Miss Montague, Monte, Mickey and Erica Morley Punshon, moving effortlessly from the Methodist respectability of bourgeois Ballarat to the bohemian world of children's travelling theatre, from patriotic amateur acting to pioneering radio work, from a dear old lady with perfect nineteenth-century fiction to the bad girl who frequented edgy Melbourne bars, playing a lively part in the secret drag parties of 1930s queer Melbourne. There were social as well as personal reasons for her concealment. In a life that spanned more than a century - 1882 to 1989 - Monte Punshon witnessed crucial events in Australia's history, and her story shines a light on the hidden corners and complexities of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century society. In this imaginative biography, Tessa Morris-Suzuki brings to life a woman who was unafraid to be, and who accepted, willingly, the price of her liberation.
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Punshon, Monte
Teachers -- Australia -- Biography
Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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