Joan Kavanagh: 1 book
Van Diemen's Women
A History of Transportation to Tasmania
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
On September 2, 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land, with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On December 3, the ship arrived into Hobart. While the book looks at the lives of all the women, it focuses on two women in particular; Eliza Davis, who was...
