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... women ; all told , thirty - one thousand , nine hundred and twenty - six men were transported and five thousand six hundred and eighty women , or a proportion of 5.6 men to every woman — a proportion which was increasing rather than ...
... women ; all told , thirty - one thousand , nine hundred and twenty - six men were transported and five thousand six hundred and eighty women , or a proportion of 5.6 men to every woman — a proportion which was increasing rather than ...
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... women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a ... women was from twenty - three to twenty - five . Again , it was customary to select women below the age of forty ...
... women transported to New South Wales from England and Scotland between 1788 and 1823 were dependent on crime for a ... women was from twenty - three to twenty - five . Again , it was customary to select women below the age of forty ...
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... women and 16 children ) , 3 orphans , and 25 men and 1 woman convict made up the remainder . It was a strongly masculine community - about five men to every woman — and there were six adults to every child in the island . The convicts ...
... women and 16 children ) , 3 orphans , and 25 men and 1 woman convict made up the remainder . It was a strongly masculine community - about five men to every woman — and there were six adults to every child in the island . The convicts ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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