Title Irish women in colonial Australia / edited by Trevor McClaughlin

Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998

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Description xvii, 229 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm Contents Includes index Summary Ireland provided the majority of female convicts for the first 40 years of the penal colony and Irish women made up a significant proportion of free immigrants . Analysis Australia - Emigration and immigration - History Australia - emigration & immigration Irish - Australia - History Women immigrants - Australia - History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-221) and index Subject Irish -- Australia -- History. Women immigrants -- Australia -- History. Women immigrants -- Australia -- Social life and customs. Women prisoners -- Australia -- Social life and customs. SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312 Australia -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504 -- Social aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002758 Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 Author McClaughlin, Trevor, 1944- LC no. 99197087 ISBN 1864487151

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