Journal article
Eye of the Beholder: The stereotype of women convicts, 1788-1852
Labour History, (34), pp.3-10
1978
Abstract
Between 1788 and 1852 over twenty-four thousand women were transported to Australia. They made up about one-sixth of Australia's convict population. New South Wales received most of the early convicts and, when transportation to that colony ended in 1840, the flow of offenders was diverted to Van Diemen's Land...
Details
- Title
- Eye of the Beholder: The stereotype of women convicts, 1788-1852
- Authors/Creators
- M. Sturma (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Labour History, (34), pp.3-10
- Publisher
- Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005544493107891
- Copyright
- © 1978 Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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