عنوان

A cargo of women :

(Number (ISBN

1741755514

(Number (ISBN

9781741755510

Number

b725454

Title Proper

A cargo of women :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Susannah Wtason and the convicts of the Princess Royal.

Edition Statement

Second.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[Aus}]

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

[Allen and Unwin],

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2008]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

321 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-315) and index.

Text of Note

"Who were Australia's women convicts? Were they drunks and whores, 'genetic' criminals and moral degenerates as many observers believed? Or victims of circumstances almost unimaginable in the twenty-first century, as others claim? A Cargo of Women traces the chequered story of one hundred women transported together in 1829 on the ship Princess Royal. Caught in an England convulsed by change, they become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Through imaginative use if detailed research, Babette Smith presents a presenting us with a patchwork image of individual lives that are both rich and varied, and often poignantly tragic. We encounter their despair at being parted from their families and particular concern for the children left behind, their experiences of assigned service in the colony, the marriages that could provide salvation or the final degradation, the opportunities that existed for a new life in a society more socially mobile. Framing them all is the story of the indomitable Susannah Watson who, trapped in the crowded filthy slums of Nottingham, stole because she 'could not bear to see her children starving'. Separated forever from her husband and four children, she was transported for 14 years, but served 16. She endured the convict system at its worst, yet emerged triumphant to die in her bed aged 83 singing 'Rock of Ages'."--Provided by publisher.

Watson, Susannah,1794-1877.

Princess Royal (Ship)

Princess Royal (Ship)

Women convicts-- Australia, Biography.

Australia.

7

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Smith, Babette.

Date of Transaction

20201213134934.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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