Abandoned women : Scottish convicts exiled beyond the seas
Frost, Lucy, 1941-2012
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From the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a rich and evocative account of the lives of women at the bottom of society two hundred years ago.
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Author:
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012.
Collation:
231 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781742377605 (pbk)1742377602 (pbk)
Dewey class:
365.43099463365.43099463365.43365.43099365.4
Local class:
365.43
Language:
English
Subject:
Women convicts -- Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 1803-1851Women convicts -- Tasmania -- HistoryWomen prisoners -- Tasmania -- HistoryConvict labor -- TasmaniaReformatories for women -- TasmaniaWomen -- Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900Women -- Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 1803-1900Women pioneers -- Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900Women prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryConvict labor -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryWomen -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryScots -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryBiographyConvict labour -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th centuryBiographyScotland -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryAustralia -- HistoryCrime -- HistoryScotland -- History -- Emigration -- Australia
BRN:
483834
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