Shackled. Female Convicts At Moreton Bay 1826-1839
Harrison Jennifer
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition
Description: 271 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, was first known as Moreton Bay, a place of secondary punishment in New South Wales until 1859. Who were the women convicts who were sent there Were they part of a distinct criminal class Could they control their own destinies in any way or were they victims of an uncompromising penal system Were they irretrievably tied to their criminal past or did they develop new livesThis book identifies each woman sent to Moreton Bay and brings to light their full stories. Here the women are evaluated to enable an understanding of the procedures which ordered their lives. As the new settlement developed, the social conditions proved as much a shackle as their criminality.
ISBN: 9780992467159
(231158)
