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Susan Maushart Susan Maushart i(A25990 works by)
Born: Established: 1958 Long Island, New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1985
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A columnist, author and social commentator, Susan Maushart moved to Perth, Western Australia, from New York in 1985. Maushart achieved a PhD in Media Ecology from New York University, and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia. She has written a weekly column for the Weekend Australian Magazine, and has regularly spoken on ABC Radio. Maushart has written four books which have been published in eight languages, and her essays and reviews have appeared in a host of international publications. Her first book was the award-winning Sort of a Place Like Home (1993), a history of the Moore River Settlement (which was later depicted in Philip Noyce's 2002 film classic, Rabbit-Proof Fence).

Her subsequent books, The Mask of Motherhood, was described by the Sunday Times of London as 'a feminist classic' and Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Women went on to start arguments in seven languages. What Women Want Next, looked at the question of feminine fulfilment in a post-feminist world and has been published in Australia, the US and Brazil.

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y separately published work icon Sort of a Place Like Home : Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement South Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1993 Z920050 1993 single work biography

'Set amongst the low scrub of the Mogumber sand plain north of Perth, the Moore River Native Settlement was, for thirty years, "sort of a place like home" for thousands of Aboriginal people. Sanctuary, work camp, orphanage, prison and rural idyll, the settlement was part of a bold social experiment by the Chief Protector of Aborigines, A. O. Neville, the aim of which was nothing less than the total eradication of a race and a culture.

Making extensive and imaginative use of oral resources and hitherto unseen documents, the book paints a vivid and intimate picture of the life experience of Moore River inmates, while documenting the appalling bureaucratic incompetence, official indifference and occasional outright brutality that made Moore River notorious.' (Source: 2003 edition)

1994 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Award for Non-Fiction
1994 short listed Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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