Thesis.

"Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, December 2013, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, the University of Melbourne."

Bibliography: pages 331-352.

Contents:
Introduction -- Australian women in journalism -- Australian women war reporters prior to World War II -- Women and the battlefield -- The ‘woman’s angle’ on war -- Objectivity and propaganda -- Conceptual and theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Literature review -- Chapter outline -- Chapter 1. In ‘the Kingdom of Ink’: Australian women journalists 1900-1945 -- Chapter 2. ‘War missioner’: Adele Shelton-Smith’s reportage from Malaya, 1941 -- Chapter 3. ‘Lines of Communication’: confining women war correspondents to the home front, 1942-1943 -- Chapter 4. ‘We had to fight to get there’: women reporting the war in Europe, 1939-1945 -- Chapter 5. Narrowing the gap: reporting from Asia, 1945-1946.

"This thesis is the first comprehensive account of the groundbreaking Australian women journalists who reported World War II from Australia, Europe and the Asia-Pacific." --Abstract
[Variant title:Australian women war reporters during World War 2]
[Variant title:Australian women war reporters during World War Two]