Name: Suzanne Rutland
Bio: Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney
White Savages? Sketches of Colonial Manners
Associate Professor and author Penny Russell is fascinated by snobs and social climbers, scandals large and small, and the mysterious ways people lived, loved and learned in times past. Firmly wedded to the nineteenth century, Russell avidly pursues the “small talk” of history in Australia and England, finding within private writing and the intimacies of…
White Savages?: Sketches of Colonial Life and Manners
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS Speaker(s): Penny Russell Date: 2011-02-15 Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney 2000 Time: Tuesday 5.30 pm for 6 pm