Win ‘Defiant Voices – How Australia's Female Convicts Challenged Authority” book

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Happy Friday Traces, readers! It's time for our weekly Friday Book Giveaway!

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This week's chosen book is 'Defiant Voices – How Australia's Female Convicts Challenged Authority 1788–1853', by Babette Smith.

Between 1788 and 1868, approximately 25,000 women were transported to Australia. For nearly 200 years, there has been a chorus of outrage at their vulgarity, their depravity, and their promiscuity.

Babette Smith takes the reader beyond this traditional casting of convict women, looking for evidence of their humanity and individuality. Certainly some were desperate, overwhelmed by a relentless chain of criminal convictions, drunkenness and despair. But others were heroic; defiant. Smith offers fresh insights: on the women's use of sound and voice to harass officials, for example; and the extent of their deliberate resistance against authority. This resistance, she argues, has contributed significantly to broader Australian culture.

To enter: Like the post, tag a friend and tell us in the comments section: 'An Australian female that you look up to.'

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Entries close Monday 10 May 5pm AEST. Australian entrants only. Traces Magazine subscribers only. Winner will be announced via Facebook on Weds 13.