"Madness" in Australia: Histories, Heritage, and the Asylum
- ISBN-10
- 0702234060
- ISBN-13
- 9780702234064
- Category
- Asylums
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ. of Queensland Press
- Authors
- Catharine Coleborne, Dolly MacKinnon
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