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Title: Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas.
Description: Sydney, Crows Nest Allen & Unwin, 2012. 1st ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, covers little creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 231 pp. Lucy Frost describes a boatload of Scottish women convicts and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. They were initially housed in the Female Factory, nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington. They were sent to work as unpaid servants in the houses of settlers. Many women survived the convict system and found a good place in the community once they were freed. Others continued to be plagued by errors and disasters until death. ISBN: 9781742377605

Keywords: australian history, criminology, convicts, families, gender, females, scotland, tasmania, van diemen's land, hobart 9781742377605

Price: AUD 18.00 = appr. US$ 12.45 Seller: Bookhome Sydney
- Book number: 26839

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