Van Diemen's Women

On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen''s Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December, the ship arrived into Hobart Town. While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it focuses on two women in particular: Eliza Davis, who was transported from Wicklow Gaol for life for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted ...