Catherine: On Catherine Currie's Diary, 1873-1908 - Softcover

This work uses parallel narratives to tell Catherine's story. Five chapters interweave quotes with comment and explanation. Between these chapters runs a twentieth century voice, offering reflections on themes such as 'madness' and 'landscape'.

Ailsa McLeary was a tutor in the Department of Economic History at Monash University when she was seconded as an editor of a volume of the Bicentennial History of Australia, Australians 1888. She wrote two chapters for the book, and edited and wrote for the journal connected with the project. Moving to the Department of History at Monash, she edited the Monash Publications in History Series, contributing the volume of essays Time and Place- Essays on Modern Culture. She now teaches at RMIT in the Faculty of Art, Design and Communication. Tony Dingle teaches Economic History at Monash University. He has researched and published extensively in Australian and British history and his four books include Settling, volume 2 of The Victorians (1984); Aboriginal Economy- Patterns of Experience (1988); and Vital Connections- Melbourne and its Board of Works (1991).