Colonial Australia, 1788-1840 |
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... WOMAN'S VIEW OF SYDNEY Women were a minority of the population of Sydney during the first few years of its history . Of the 736 convicts in the first fleet , 188 were women , and only the officers of the marines and the civil officials ...
... WOMAN'S VIEW OF SYDNEY Women were a minority of the population of Sydney during the first few years of its history . Of the 736 convicts in the first fleet , 188 were women , and only the officers of the marines and the civil officials ...
Page 86
... women . Three in 1793 brought 233 men and eighty - seven women . Five arrived in 1794-96 bringing 176 men and 262 women . Two arrived in 1797 with 324 men and forty - three women , and three in 1798 with 492 men and ninety - four women ...
... women . Three in 1793 brought 233 men and eighty - seven women . Five arrived in 1794-96 bringing 176 men and 262 women . Two arrived in 1797 with 324 men and forty - three women , and three in 1798 with 492 men and ninety - four women ...
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... women to a committee of the House of Commons : Supposing a vessel to arrive with women only on board , how are they disposed of ? - They are mustered in the same manner as the men are ; the governor then has notice given through the ...
... women to a committee of the House of Commons : Supposing a vessel to arrive with women only on board , how are they disposed of ? - They are mustered in the same manner as the men are ; the governor then has notice given through the ...
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines acres agricultural allowed appearance arrived banks Bathurst boat Botany Bay Britain Cape Captain cattle Church coast colonists colony command Committee conduct consequence Court Cove crimes cultivation Diemen's Land district duty emancipists employed England established Excellency farm female convicts Governor King Governor Macquarie Harbour Hawkesbury Historical Records Hobart Town hope Hunter important inhabitants John Macarthur labour letter London Lord Macarthur Macquarie's magistrates Majesty's March Marsden miles military Mitchell Library months Mountains natives Norfolk Island November observed occasion officers Parramatta party persons population Port Dalrymple Port Jackson pounds present prisoners provisions punishment received Records of Australia reported respect returned River sailed sent sentenced servants settlement sheep ships shore situation Society South Wales Corps spirits supply Sydney Gazette trade transportation Trial by Jury Van Diemen's Land vessel voyage W. C. Wentworth wheat women wool