Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania by Kavanagh, Joan

Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781845888855)

Vendor: Joan Kavanagh
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Format: Paperback
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Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania by Kavanagh, Joan

Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania

$38.95
Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania by Kavanagh, Joan

Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania

$38.95
Format: Paperback
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On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December, the ship arrived into 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.

Author: Joan Kavanagh, Dianne Snowden
ISBN-10: 1845888855
ISBN-13: 9781845888855
Publisher: Thp Ireland
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2015
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d
By Joan Kavanagh
By Joan Kavanagh
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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.

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