A Secretive Century: Monte Punshon's Australia

by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

In a life that spanned more than a century - 1882 to 1989 - Monte Punshon witnessed crucial events in Australia's history. She was a pioneer radio broadcaster, travelled the country with children's theatrical troupes and defied convention with her active involvement in the underground world of queer Melbourne in the 1930s. Her wanderlust took her to China and Japan, and she studied their languages before becoming a warden in a wartime internment camp...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522879942
• ISBN13: 9780522879940
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 272 Pages