Female Factories
Mar. 25th, 2008 08:43 pmBefore I do the final bit on Ross, a slight detour that I thought I could avoid doing but it seems simpler to pull this into one post.
Until recently, most focus on Australia's convict past dealt with the men. The women and children rarely get mentioned. Into the 1980s even, it just wasn't talked about. In the late 1990s, I was list-mum for the relevant Rootsweb genealogy mailing list, and the idea of women and children being transported was still little known. In the last decade, this has changed. The associated sites are better known, in some cases they've been developed for visitors and more research has been done and written about female convicts.
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Until recently, most focus on Australia's convict past dealt with the men. The women and children rarely get mentioned. Into the 1980s even, it just wasn't talked about. In the late 1990s, I was list-mum for the relevant Rootsweb genealogy mailing list, and the idea of women and children being transported was still little known. In the last decade, this has changed. The associated sites are better known, in some cases they've been developed for visitors and more research has been done and written about female convicts.
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