This 30 minute workshop looks at the early colonial life of women in NSW, and the resources available for family historians.
Image: Rebecca Oakes nee Small b. 1789 daughter to two first fleet convicts, John Small and Mary Parker.
One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) were female. The typical convict woman was in her twenties.
She was from either England or Ireland and had been convicted of robbery and sentenced for seven years as punishment for her crime.
This presentation looks at ways of researching Colonial women and spotlighting:
Elizabeth Steel Convict 1790
Mary Haycock Convict 1792
Rebecca Small Born 1789
Priscilla Loveridge Convict 1792
Mary Loveridge Convict 1792
Sarah Baxter Free 1792
Workshop booking enquiries to office@australianhistoryresearch.info
Presentation Given:
2010 Sussex Inlet View Club
2010 Mollymook Mixed Probus Club
2009 Ulladulla Evening View Club
