The nature of Australian women's travel from the 1870s – when travel in Europe became popular – until 1970 and the advent of jet travel; travel diaries, letters and interviews explore different ways of living and new freedoms; sections on Travel and 'Status', 'Aspirations', 'Independence' 'War', 'Reform', 'Politics', 'Discovery of the World', 'Discovery of the Self' with interludes featuring Annie Duncan, Winifred James, Doris Gentile, Dora Birtles, Irene Saxby, Stella Bowen, Charmian Clift and Gillian Bouras; illustrated.
