Abstract
This paper investigates the representations and experiences of white women readers in colonial Melbourne by locating them particularly in two literary sites: the Public Library and Mullen’s Bookshop and Circulating Library. Reading, and the search for reading material, placed colonial women in the street as well as the home, taking them into metropolitan places, libraries, shops and restaurants. The physical presence of female readers challenged the gendered spatial demarcations of Melbourne society, and made the readers themselves objects of inspection and subjects of discussion. This article has been peer-reviewed.
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