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Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tasmania / Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden ; fo...

Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tas...

Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tasmania / Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden ; fo...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzR8okKN3

Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tasmania / Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden ; foreword by Mary McAleese.

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Full title

Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tasmania / Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden ; foreword by Mary McAleese.

Author / Creator

Call Numbers

H 2016/611

Record Identifier

74VKzR8okKN3

MMS ID

991023436629702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

400 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

still image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"On 2 September 1845, the convict ship 'Tasmania' left Kingston Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December the ship arrived in Hobart Town. While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it focuses on two women in particular: Eliza Davis, who was transported from Wicklow Gaol for life fo...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Van Diemen's women : a history of transportation to Tasmania / Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden ; foreword by Mary McAleese.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliography and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2016/611

Record Identifier

74VKzR8okKN3

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzR8okKN3

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1845888855 (paperback)

9781845888855 (paperback)

DDC

994.6020922

MMS ID

991023436629702626

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