The experiences and lives of convict women upon transportation to the Australia colonies were very different from those of convict men. Why? What were the main aspects of the female convict experience?
Damousi, Joy. “‘Depravity and disorder': the sexuality of convict women.” Labour History, no 68 (May 1995): 30-45. [AVAILABLE: ONLINE LIBRARY WEBSITE]
(Damousi_2.pdf)
McCabe, K. (1999). Assignment of female convicts on the Hunter River, 1831-1840. Australian Historical Studies, 30(113), 286.
(mccabe.pdf)
Oxley, D. (1994). Packing her (economic) bags : convict women workers. Australian Historical Studies, 26(102), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/10314619408595950
(Oxley1.pdf)
Oxley, D., Ritter, D., & Gare, D. (2008). Counting the convicts : the unlikely love affair between convicts and historians. In Making Australian history : perspectives on the past since 1788 (pp. 114–121). South Melbourne, Vic.: Thomson Learning Australia.
(Oxley2.pdf)
Sturma, M. (1978). Eye of the beholder : the stereotype of female convicts 1788-1852. Labour History, 34, 3–10.
(Sturma.pdf)
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