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Beschreibung
"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 for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted from death, and Margaret Butler, sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing potatoes in Carlow. Using original records, this study reveals the reality of transportation, together with the legacy left by these women in Tasmania and beyond, and shows that perhaps, for some, this Draconian punishment was, in fact, a life-saving measure."--Back cover.
"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 for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted from death, and Margaret Butler, sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing potatoes in Carlow. Using original records, this study reveals the reality of transportation, together with the legacy left by these women in Tasmania and beyond, and shows that perhaps, for some, this Draconian punishment was, in fact, a life-saving measure."--Back cover.
Über den Autor
Joan Kavanagh is an author and historian, and former manager of the Wicklow Family History Centre. Her previous books include histories of Wicklow, Rathdrum, and Glendalough. Dianne Snowden is a professional historian and genealogist, and is a former Chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council. She is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania and has taught Adult Education classes in family history for more than 25 years. She is a lecturer for the UTAS Winter School researching Family History.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781845888855
ISBN-10: 1845888855
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kavanagh, Joan
Snowden, Dianne
Hersteller: History Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 231 x 152 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Joan Kavanagh (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2015
Gewicht: 0,635 kg
Artikel-ID: 103856386

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