A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess RoyalThe story of 100 women convicts transported together in 1829 from England to Australia--to become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Portrays the personalities and circumstances of the women, the conditions under which they served their sentences, and the course of their life after prison. Acidic paper. Available in North America from ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... immigrant , Richard McGrath , in 1839 and travelled south with him to Port Phillip in 1840. She returned to Sydney in 1845 when she collected her certificate of freedom . 22 Mary Morris , after a good start in the colony with the ...
... immigrant , Richard McGrath , in 1839 and travelled south with him to Port Phillip in 1840. She returned to Sydney in 1845 when she collected her certificate of freedom . 22 Mary Morris , after a good start in the colony with the ...
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... immigrants were only just beginning to arrive in the Colony . NSW GG , 11 , 21 July , 4 August , 31 October 1832 and 13 February 1833 . The number in residence averaged 509 women and 137 children a month in 1835 . Female Factory Returns ...
... immigrants were only just beginning to arrive in the Colony . NSW GG , 11 , 21 July , 4 August , 31 October 1832 and 13 February 1833 . The number in residence averaged 509 women and 137 children a month in 1835 . Female Factory Returns ...
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... immigrants , but the regulations specifically excluded convicts ' families from this help . Petition of Joseph Irving , 14 November 1835 , CSIL 35/9107 . AO NSW 4/2283 , Reel 2202 . 20 Deposition of Thomas Clements , 14 February 1838 ...
... immigrants , but the regulations specifically excluded convicts ' families from this help . Petition of Joseph Irving , 14 November 1835 , CSIL 35/9107 . AO NSW 4/2283 , Reel 2202 . 20 Deposition of Thomas Clements , 14 February 1838 ...
Contents
Into the Maelstrom | 1 |
Pity Our Distress | 6 |
The Full Penalty of the Law | 15 |
Copyright | |
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A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith Limited preview - 2008 |
A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal Babette Smith No preview available - 2005 |
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