Convict maids : the forced migration of women to Australia /
Oxley, Deborah.
Convict maids : the forced migration of women to Australia / Deborah Oxley. - Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1996. - xi, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in Australian history. Studies in Australian history . - Studies in Australian history (Cambridge University Press) Studies in Australian history .
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Machine derived contents note: 1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method -- 2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women -- 3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders -- 4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women -- 5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland -- 6. England's castaways: working life in England -- 7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants -- 8. Misconceptions -- 9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain? -- Concluding remarks.
0521446775 (pbk.) 0521441315
Convict labour--History.--Australia
Women convicts--History.--Australia
Women--History.--Australia
Convict labor--Australia--History.
Women immigrants--Australia--History.
Convict labor.
Penal colonies.
Women immigrants.
Women prisoners.
Penal colonies--History.--Australia
Women prisoners--History.--Australia
Women immigrants--History.--Australia
Convict labor--History.--Australia
Australia--Economic conditions.
Australia--Social conditions--19th century.
Australia--Social conditions.
Australia--Social conditions--1788-1851.
Australia--Economic conditions--1788-1851.
Australia--Emigration and immigration--History.
Australia.
Prisoners Women Immigration Labour shortages History, 1801-1900 Criminals Transportation Women Great Britain Ireland Australia
History.
994.0082
Convict maids : the forced migration of women to Australia / Deborah Oxley. - Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1996. - xi, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in Australian history. Studies in Australian history . - Studies in Australian history (Cambridge University Press) Studies in Australian history .
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Machine derived contents note: 1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method -- 2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women -- 3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders -- 4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women -- 5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland -- 6. England's castaways: working life in England -- 7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants -- 8. Misconceptions -- 9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain? -- Concluding remarks.
0521446775 (pbk.) 0521441315
Convict labour--History.--Australia
Women convicts--History.--Australia
Women--History.--Australia
Convict labor--Australia--History.
Women immigrants--Australia--History.
Convict labor.
Penal colonies.
Women immigrants.
Women prisoners.
Penal colonies--History.--Australia
Women prisoners--History.--Australia
Women immigrants--History.--Australia
Convict labor--History.--Australia
Australia--Economic conditions.
Australia--Social conditions--19th century.
Australia--Social conditions.
Australia--Social conditions--1788-1851.
Australia--Economic conditions--1788-1851.
Australia--Emigration and immigration--History.
Australia.
Prisoners Women Immigration Labour shortages History, 1801-1900 Criminals Transportation Women Great Britain Ireland Australia
History.
994.0082
