The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne by Barbara Minchinton

The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne

Barbara Minchinton

9 hours first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

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Sex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of the day, and the leading brothels were usually managed...

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informative 100%
reflective 42%
challenging 26%
emotional 10%
funny 10%
inspiring 10%
sad 5%

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fast 5%

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