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Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania Joan Kavanagh
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Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania
Joan Kavanagh
While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it focuses on two women in particular: Eliza Davis, who was transported from Wicklow Gaol for life for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted from death, and Margaret Butler, sentenced to seven years’ transportation for stealing potatoes in Carlow.
400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 5, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781845888855 |
| Publishers | The History Press Ltd |
| Pages | 400 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 158 × 31 mm · 526 g |
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