Marriage, Military, and War: Prosecuting Bigamy in Victoria, Australia 1914–1945

Piper, A

Marriage, Military, and War: Prosecuting Bigamy in Victoria, Australia 1914–1945

Piper, A

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Citation:: Journal of Family History

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dc.contributor.author	Piper, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-5862
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-25T02:17:47Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-25T02:17:47Z
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Family History
dc.identifier.issn	0363-1990
dc.identifier.issn	1552-5473
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/172845
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p> The Second World War saw a sharp rise in bigamy prosecutions in Australia. A variety of factors contributed to this phenomenon, from the whirlwind nature of romances contracted during wartime to increased detection resulting from investigations into military spousal support. This article explores the connections between bigamy prosecutions, war and military enlistment through archival records and media coverage of 159 cases committed for trial across 1914–1945 that involved active or returned servicemen as either bigamy defendants or victims of bigamous spouses. These cases also reveal shifting attitudes towards and experiences of bigamy, marriage, and gender in twentieth-century Australia. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210100772
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Family History
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/03631990231208087
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	Alana Piper, Marriage, Military, and War: Prosecuting Bigamy in Victoria, Australia 1914–1945, Journal of Family History ©2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/03631990231208087
dc.subject	2103 Historical Studies
dc.subject.classification	History
dc.subject.classification	4303 Historical studies
dc.title	Marriage, Military, and War: Prosecuting Bigamy in Victoria, Australia 1914–1945
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-10-25T02:17:45Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

Abstract:

The Second World War saw a sharp rise in bigamy prosecutions in Australia. A variety of factors contributed to this phenomenon, from the whirlwind nature of romances contracted during wartime to increased detection resulting from investigations into military spousal support. This article explores the connections between bigamy prosecutions, war and military enlistment through archival records and media coverage of 159 cases committed for trial across 1914–1945 that involved active or returned servicemen as either bigamy defendants or victims of bigamous spouses. These cases also reveal shifting attitudes towards and experiences of bigamy, marriage, and gender in twentieth-century Australia.

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