The Sex Lives of Australians

A History

By: Frank Bongiorno

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Paperback | 2 January 2015

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Cross-dressing colonists, effeminate bush-rangers and women-shortage woes – here is the first ever history of sex in Australia, from Botany Bay to the present day.

In this fascinating social history, Frank Bongiorno uses striking examples to chart the changing sex lives of Australians. Tracing the story up to the present, Bongiorno shows how the quest for respectability always has another side to it.

Along the way he raises some intriguing questions - What did it mean to be a 'mate'? How did modern warfare affect soldiers' attitudes to sex? Why did the law ignore lesbianism for so long? - and introduces some remarkable characters, both reformers and radicals. This is a thought-provoking and enlightening journey through the history of sex in Australia.

With a foreword by Michael Kirby, AC CMG.

About the Author

Frank Bongiorno is associate professor of history at the Australian National University and the co-author of A Little History of the Australian Labor Party (2011). He was the London correspondent for Inside Story and has been a regular contributor to the Canberra Times.

Awards for The Sex Lives of Australians Winner of the 2013 ACT Book of the Year Award

Shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.

Shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the 2013 NSW Premier’s History Awards.

Industry Reviews

'The Sex Lives of Australians is such a treasure trove that it is hard to do it justice ...a work of real significance that makes a fresh contribution to understanding our culture.' The Australian

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