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Elizabeth Rushen

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Dr Liz (Elizabeth) Rushen is an historian, lecturer, researcher, author and publisher with a PhD in history from Monash University.

Liz has published widely, mainly in the field of migration history and women in colonial Australia, including Single and Free: female migration to Australia, 1833-1837 and a social history, Bishopscourt Melbourne: official residence and family home.

In 2018-2019 Liz was awarded a Creative Fellowship by the State Library Victoria, to research the life and writings of Edmund Finn (‘Garryowen’), a project which is ongoing. Recently she has been employed as consulting historian to the archaeologists at the Melbourne Metro Tunnel site on Swanston Street, and has been appointed a Director of the Melbourne Maritime Heri ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 26 ratings · 4 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Single and Free: Female Migration to Australia 1833-1837 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fair Game - Australia's First Immigrant Women by Elizabeth Rushen, Perry McIntyre (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colonial Duchesses: The Migration of Irish women to New South Wales before the Great Famine 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Merchant's Women 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Marshall: shipowner, Lloyd's reformer and emigration agent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Word Processing: An Introductory Course 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Anastasia: From Callan to Stockyard Creek by Elizabeth Rushen, Kathlyn Gibson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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