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Raelene Frances

Raelene Frances is Dean of Arts and Professor of History at Monash University. She has published widely on the history of work, women’s history, Aboriginal/European contact history, religious and community history and has also co-edited several collections of essays on Australian and New Zealand history, including Labour and the Great War. Her prize-winning books include The Politics of Work, and Women and the Great War (co-authored with Bruce Scates). Her history of prostitution, Selling Sex, was short-listed for the Ernest Scott Prize. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Raelene Frances

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  • Beyond Gallipoli

    Raelene Frances and Bruce Scates

Events

  • Book Launch: 50 Years/50 Works

    MUMA 900 Dandenong Rd (building F), Caulifield, VIC, Australia

    MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50 Years/50 Works: A MUMA Collection Index. MUMA hosts a relay of talks to celebrate the launch of 50...

  • Sonia Orchard at Readings SLV

    Readings State Library Victoria 285 Russell St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Join Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan, about her new book, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children, the latest in our In the National...

  • 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration: Gareth Evans

    State Library Victoria, Conversation Quarter 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    The 2026 John Cain Memorial Oration will be delivered by Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans, AC KC FASSA FAIIA The evening will include a two course meal and drinks in...

  • Sonia Orchard at Gleebooks

    Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

    Sonia Orchard in conversation with Jess Hill and Grace Tame Stories of child sexual abuse appear in the media weekly, often framed as isolated incidents. But child sexual abuse and...

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