The transportation of women from Kildare to Van Diemen's land in 1849 /

At the end of the Great Famine of 1845-1849, many women in Ireland increasingly turned to crime as their best means of survival, despite the possibility of being sent to Van Diemen's Land, an island now known as Tasmania. Focusing on the situation in Kildare County, this work looks at both the...

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Main Author:	Fleming, Catherine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2012 Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : [2012]
Series:	Maynooth studies in local history ; no. 104 Maynooth studies in local history no. 104
Subjects:	1800-1899 19th century Exiles > Australia > Tasmania > History > 19th century Female offenders > Ireland > History > 19th century Penal transportation > Australia > Tasmania > History > 19th century Women prisoners > Australia > Tasmania > History > 19th century Women prisoners > Australia > Tasmania Exiles Female offenders History Penal transportation Women prisoners Ireland Tasmania

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