Clare Wright

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Beyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia's Female Publicans. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. 2003. ISBN   9780522850710.
  • The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2013. ISBN   9781922147370.
  • We Are the Rebels: The Women and Men who Made Eureka. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2016. ISBN   9781922182784.
  • You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2018. ISBN   9781925603934.
  • Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2024. ISBN   9781922330864.
  • Personal life

    She lives in Melbourne, Australia and has three adult children. [1]

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    Clare Wright
    OAM
    Born
    Clare Alice Perry

    (1969-05-14) 14 May 1969 (age 55)
    AwardsSerle Award (2002)
    Max Kelly Medal (2002)
    Stella Prize (2014)
    Medal of the Order of Australia (2020)
    Academic background
    Alma mater University of Melbourne (BA, PhD)
    Monash University (MA)
    Thesis Beyond the Ladies Lounge: A History of Female Publicans in Victoria, 1875–1945 (2002)