Australia

Female Convicts Down Under: Fact and Fiction

by Nicola Jones
16 February 202524 May 2025

Between 1787 and 1850, over 160,000 convicts were sent from Britain to penal colonies in Australia. Mary Ellen will examine the history of female transportation… Read More »Female Convicts Down Under: Fact and Fiction

New Worlds Down Under

by Nicola Jones
27 April 202424 September 2024

New Worlds Down Under. In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Botany Bay with its first cohort of convicts including women. The settlement of Australia… Read More »New Worlds Down Under