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The Captive White Woman Of Gipps Land, Paperback / softback Book

The Captive White Woman Of Gipps Land Paperback / softback

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The reverberations of that rumour-and of the actions it precipitated-continue to this day. In the mid-1840s, as Port Phillip developed into a burgeoning provincial centre, the White Woman rumour was deployed to serve numerous political and cultural ends.

Sensationalist speculation in the colonial press about a white woman held in thrall by 'ruthless savages' fuelled anti-Aboriginal attitudes and provided justification for the taking of Kurnai lands.

More broadly, the White Woman functioned as an emblematic figure- a focus for the concerns of a transplanted culture coming to terms with an unfamiliar land and its original inhabitants. The publicly funded expedition to rescue the White Woman in 1846 constituted a defining event in Australian colonial history.

However, despite private and government searches, the mysterious woman was never found and evidence for her existence remains inconclusive. The elusive White Woman of Gipps Land is a fascinating figure who spawned an Australian legend, one which continues to exert a hold on the imagination.

Liam Davison's 1994 novel The White Woman is the most recent manifestation of its enduring power and interest

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