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The petticoat parade : Madam Monnier and the Roe Street brothels / Leigh Straw.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781760990558
Author	Straw, Leigh, 1978- (author)
Title	The petticoat parade : Madam Monnier and the Roe Street brothels / Leigh Straw.
Other title	Madam Monnier and the Roe Street brothels
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, ©2021.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2021.
Description	199 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	Madam Marie Monnier (aka Josie de Bray) owned most of Roe Street from World War I up to the 1940s. But her business prowess was not appreciated by everyone because Madam Monnier reigned over 'Tail-light Alley'- the centre of Perth's brothel district. In the course of her life, Madam Monnier would survive a shooting, and incarceration in a concentration camp. She was just one of many colourful friends and competitors who lived and worked in the notorious precinct. This social history explores the private world of the madams, brothel keepers and prostitutes who kept the secrets of the city even as they paraded in their petticoats on the verandas of the Rue de Roe.
Subjects	Monnier, Marie-Louise
	De Bray, Josie
	Procuresses -- Australia
	Prostitution -- Western Australia
	Prostitution -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie
	Brothels -- Western Australia -- Perth
	Perth (W.A.) -- History
Call number	2021.242

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00947432	2021.242	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .