Contents note continued: 28.Thomas Secures his Selection -- 29.Married Life in Stawell -- 30.Rather a Peculiar Will -- pt. Seven Catherine's Final Years -- 31.A Difficult Decision -- 32.The Heat of Summer
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Catherine McMahon -- 1.Cappabane 1827 -- 2.The Potato Famine -- 3.Feeding the Starving -- 4.Transportation to Van Diemen's Land -- pt. Two John Copley -- 5.South Yorkshire -- 6.Crime and Conviction -- 7.A Van Diemen's Land Convict -- 8.A House Burglary in Hobart Town -- 9.Norfolk Island -- 10.New Opportunities in Van Diemen's Land -- pt. Three Catherine and John -- 11.A Convict Relationship -- 12.Establishing a Family and a Business -- 13.Business Troubles -- 14.The Insolvency Court -- 15.Opportunities and Risks -- 16.Seeking Gold -- pt. Four Thomas May -- 17.Growing up in a Royal Seaside Resort -- 18.Rabbit Pie -- 19.A Boy Convict -- 20.A Second Chance -- pt. Five Jallukar Selectors -- 21.Obtaining Land -- 22.The Farmer From Redman Bluff -- 23.Catherine's Battle Begins -- 24.Catherine and the Squatters -- 25.A Struggling Widow -- 26.The Upright Thing -- 27.Working the Land -- pt. Six Catherine and Thomas --
Summary
This meticulously researched story of Catherine McMahon covers her life before and after she became a convict in Van Diemen's Land. The lives of her two husbands are also covered, her first husband John Copley and her second husband Thomas May. Both men were also convicts
