FEMALE CONVICTS
It's not always easy to find a lot of information re female convicts. They certainly were outnumbered by the men. However, there are more records and stories in the later years of transportation. Of course, it became obvious that there was a shortage of women in the new colony. Not that would have made any difference to the courts as to sending women to the colonies... surely.
The following isn't just a list of names, places, length of sentence, ships of arrival etc. as important as that is, but also I've included some of the guidelines, the rules and regulations that governed their daily lives. So many of these women went on to become much valued citizens, either as wives and mothers or as enterprising citizens. Of course, there were some who spent the rest of their days in and out of prison. They all have their own stories to tell.
What stories do you have of your female ancestors?
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 25 November 1840 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230139299
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True Colonist Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch, and Agricultural and Commercial... Hobart Town, Tas. National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202419231
Parra Girls
17 Feb 1846
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 10 April 1846 (No.29). National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230141327
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Launceston Examiner 1 Aug 1849
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Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wednesday 30 November 1859 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66009879
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Thursday 27 December 1894 National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171944498
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