Convict Orphans by Lucy Frost

Convict Orphans by Lucy Frost

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781761067686
Author: Lucy Frost
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2023
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition.

Title on book cover: Convict Orphans: The Heartbreaking Stories of the Colony's Forgotten Children, and Those Who Succeeded Against All Odds by Lucy Frost

Many thousands of abandoned children were treated as free labour in late 19th century Australia, yet their stories have been hidden until now, even to their descendants. Lucy Frost's painstaking research has uncovered what really happened to the convict orphans.

All families have their secrets, and a convict ancestor or an illegitimate birth were shames that families once buried deep. Among the best-hidden stories in Australia's history are those of the convict orphans.

Agnes arrived on a convict transport aged four and was abandoned when her mother needed to escape an abusive husband. After their mother died and their father deserted them, Maria and Eliza Marriner were taken into state care, too.

Cut off from family, behind the walls of the imposing sandstone buildings of the Queen's Orphan Schools, they were among hundreds of young children entrusted to the much-feared Matron Smyth. At the age of twelve, the children left the orphanage to work without pay on farms and in homes where no child should ever have been sent.

Although colonists called it white slavery, the authorities turned a blind eye to what was really happening.

These are stories of abuse and abandonment, and also of great generosity and kindness from individuals who rescued and supported children. Some children managed to build happy lives for themselves, but many could not navigate a system stacked against them. (publisher blurb)

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