Russell, Penny

PENNY RUSSELL is the author of "A Wish of Distinction: Colonial Gentility and Femininity" and is currently working on female culture in Australia. RICHARD WHITE is the author of "Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980" and articles on nationalism, popular culture, travel and war. They both lecture in history at the University of Sydney, where together they have taught popular courses on nineteenth and twentieth century Australia.