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100 _aOxley Deborah
245 _aConvict maids : The forced migration of women to Australia
260 _aCambridge
_bCambridge University Press
_c1996
300 _a339p
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365 _bRs.1,110.12
505 _aTable of contents 1. Elizabeth: a note on data and method; 2. Mercury's charges: the crimes of convict women; 3. Piso's justice: Irish and English offenders; 4. Economic accoutrements: the skills of convict women; 5. Ireland's distant shores: working life in Ireland; 6. England's castaways: working life in England; 7. Colonial requirements: coerced and free immigrants; 8. Misconceptions; 9. Britain's loss/Australia's gain?; Concluding remarks.
650 _a1. Women Studies2. Women Immigration - Australia - History3. Women Prisoners - Australaia - History4. Women Convicts - Australia - History
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