
Convict Lives: Women at Cascades
Female Factory is now available. This book has been
written by members of the Female
Factory Research Group and published
by Research Tasmania.
It tells the stories of 33 female convicts and
one locally convicted woman who were sent to Cascades Female Factory
for punishment, for assignment, or to await confinement. In telling
their stories, the authors provide historical context for the critical
events in these women's lives.

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A
Drift of 'Derwent Ducks':
Lives of the 200 female Irish convicts transported on the Australasia
from Dublin to Hobart in 1849.
Winner of the Kay Daniels Award 2006.
SOLD OUT
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Several lists
and indexes have been compiled so far by Research Tasmania. This
is an ongoing project.
The majority of lists and indexes are related
to Tasmanian convict history.

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Research
Tasmania is undertaking several research projects, mostly related
to Tasmanian convict history.
The major current project at present is working
with Dr Dianne Snowden to research and write a book about the 180
female convicts transported on the Rajah in 1841.

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