Female convicts formed a large part of the workforce in the new colony, as well as many of them becoming married either to their employer, or if both were considered of showing good behaviour, some married a fellow convict. They don't seem to feature as often in the summaries of our history as the males do... then again, there were far more males than females.
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Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), Saturday 10 October 1829, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264613715
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World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Wednesday 27 June 1934, page 17 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136998464
Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857), Tuesday 6 April 1841, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8751583
The little-known story of Australia's convict women - Australian Geographic
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