L217 Amended Donati PhD Thesis_Redacted.pdf (2.19 MB)
Free Wives of Convicts: The Really Forgotten Women of Botany Bay
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posted on 2019-04-03, 00:45 authored by LAURA DONATIThis thesis examines the 105 free wives who accompanied their convict husbands to the new penal colony of New South Wales from 1788 to 1814, particularly their unique agency in the spheres of law, land and commerce.