Abstract
In the last 15 years, mainstream use of the term ‘side hustle’ has boomed. But the act of having a side hustle is not new; the term's novelty obscures a long-established pattern of ‘sideline earning’ by Australian rural women, and indeed around the world. Through the lens of environmental, labour and gender history, and using interviews, digital media, diaries, court records, newspaper and magazine articles and other archival records, this research explores how Australian rural women have engaged in and relied on the practice of sideline earning as an economic necessity, long before it entered the mainstream economy and consciousness.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 315-340 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Asia-Pacific Economic History Review |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2024 |
Bibliographical note
© 2024 The Author(s). Asia-Pacific Economic History Review published by Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- Australian rural business history
- rural women
- side-business
- side-hustle
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Dive into the research topics of 'From pin money to side hustle: Rural and regional women's side businesses in Australia 1900–2023'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Projects
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Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 190100423 ($408,829.00) - Gendered Enterprise: A History of Australian Businesswomen since 1880
Bishop, C. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Taksa, L. (Sponsor)
21/01/19 → 20/01/23
Project: Research
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