The Scarlet Mile : a social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, 1894-2004 / Elaine McKewon.

By: McKewon, ElaineMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2005Description: xii, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1920694226Other title: Social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, 1894-2004 [Portion of title]Subject(s): 1900 - 1999 | Social history | Prostitution -- Australia -- Kalgoorlie (W.A.) -- History -- 20th century | Prostituées -- Australie -- Kalgoorlie (Austr.-Occ.) | Prostitution -- Australie -- Kalgoorlie (Austr.-Occ.) | Or -- Mines et extraction -- Aspect social -- Australie -- Australie-Occidentale | Femmes -- Australie -- Australie-Occidentale -- Conditions sociales | Prostitution | Social conditions | Prostitution -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie | Prostitution -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie -- History -- 20th century | Prostitutes -- Australia -- Kalgoorlie (W.A.) | Prostitution -- Australia -- Kalgoorlie (W.A.) | Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Western Australia | Women -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Social conditions | Prostitution -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie -- History -- 19th century | Prostitutes -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie | Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Western Australia | Women -- Western Australia -- Social conditions | Australie-Occidentale -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle | Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie | Kalgoorlie (W.A.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Kalgoorlie (W.A.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Western Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Western Australia -- Social conditions | Kalgoorlie | Prostitution | Social conditions | HistoryGenre/Form: History. Additional physical formats: Online version: Scarlet Mile.DDC classification: 306.7409941/6 LOC classification: HQ270.K35 | M35 2005
Contents:
Foreword / Jann McFarlane -- Ch. 1. Scarlet women on the early goldfields -- Ch. 2. Of vice and men : foreign devils and Japanese flowers -- Ch. 3. Containing the 'social evil' in Kalgoorlie -- Ch. 4. Hay Street and the long arm of the law -- Ch. 5. Business as usual : madams' stories -- Ch. 6. Foreshadowing the end of an era -- Ch. 7. The stormy demise of traditional containment -- Ch. 8. The politics of new containment -- Ch. 9. Scarlet women in the new millenium.
Summary: While the 'scarlet women' of the gold-fields were vilified in print, they were welcomed with open arms by lonely men living in the tent cities of Kalgoorlie during the gold rush. This is a compelling social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, where the brothels and the police station have shared the same street for over a century.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.

Foreword / Jann McFarlane -- Ch. 1. Scarlet women on the early goldfields -- Ch. 2. Of vice and men : foreign devils and Japanese flowers -- Ch. 3. Containing the 'social evil' in Kalgoorlie -- Ch. 4. Hay Street and the long arm of the law -- Ch. 5. Business as usual : madams' stories -- Ch. 6. Foreshadowing the end of an era -- Ch. 7. The stormy demise of traditional containment -- Ch. 8. The politics of new containment -- Ch. 9. Scarlet women in the new millenium.

While the 'scarlet women' of the gold-fields were vilified in print, they were welcomed with open arms by lonely men living in the tent cities of Kalgoorlie during the gold rush. This is a compelling social history of prostitution in Kalgoorlie, where the brothels and the police station have shared the same street for over a century.

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