Shurlee Swain is a Professor at Australian Catholic University. She has published widely in the history of women and children, with a particular interest in the impact of welfare on individual lives. Her publications in this area include Single Mothers and Their Children: Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia, Confronting Cruelty, Child, Nation, Race and Empire and Born in Hope: A History of the Early Years of the Family Court of Australia. Currently Professor Swain is the historian chief investigator on the National Find & Connect Web Resource project.
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The Market in Babies
Marian Quartly, Shurlee Swain and Denise Cuthbert
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The Market in Babies
Marian Quartly, Shurlee Swain and Denise Cuthbert
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Author event: Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang – Age of Doubt
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49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Today, trust seems harder to find than ever before. It’s hardly surprising we feel that way. Our politics is polarised, our online world is awash with misinformation, and we’ve lost...
Author event: Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang – Age of Doubt
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesToday, trust seems harder to find than ever before. It’s hardly surprising we feel that way. Our politics is polarised, our online world is awash with misinformation, and we’ve lost...
