Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory edited by Lucy Frost and Alice Meredith Hodgson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers. Protective plastic cover. Stamps on inside. Slight curve to front and back covers. Minor marks on foredges. Book is clean and binding is still very good.

The Launceston Female Factory opened in 1834 as the first purpose-built institution for convict women in Van Diemen's Land.

The lives of women are retold in poignant narratives in this, the third volume in the series Convict Lives. The authors provide rich historical details about how the women who entered through the grim gates of the Launceston Female Factory negotiated their lives as convicts during the assignment and probation systems in Van Diemen's Land. (back cover)