Cover title: The rare sex: the story of the Australian woman. Contents include: The women as they came to be p11-p48. The women who somehow survived p49-p110. The women who did the impossible p111-p158. The women who declined to conform p159-p204. The story of the Australian woman is a fascinating narrative, from the first days of the country through the vital, exciting pioneer times - when she carried a cookpot in one hand and a rifle in the other - to her present status in a unique white society. How did she become the way she is? What made the Australian woman? What is her future? (Cover.)