Lecture: ‘A continuous thread’
Sun, 10 July
|Miegunyah House Museum
‘A continuous thread: the economic contribution of Syrian/Lebanese women in Brisbane from the 1880s’ Speaker: Dr Anne Monsour
Time & Location
10 July 2022, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Miegunyah House Museum, 35 Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills QLD 4006, Australia
About the event
‘A continuous thread: the economic contribution of Syrian/Lebanese women in Brisbane from the 1880s’
Speaker: Dr Anne Monsour
Time: 1.30 pm for 2 pm start
Cost: $10 Members/ $15 non-Members. Afternoon tea is included.
RSVP: Please contact the Secretary on 0408 355 198 or email qwha.miegunyah@gmail.com
Since its beginnings in the early 1880s, Syrian/Lebanese migration to Brisbane included a significant proportion of women, yet their presence and contribution is generally understated. Examining the lives of Syrian/Lebanese women in Brisbane reveals that, just as they had in their homeland, women continued to play a crucial role. As the immigrant families established themselves in Brisbane, women did not retreat into the domestic sphere. The acceptability of women working in public occupations solidified in the second generation with both daughters and sons working in the family business or establishing a business of their own.