VDL Convict Women in Publications

 Compiled by Ros Escott
for the Female Convicts Research Centre (FCRC)

as at October 2019

Female Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land, who are mentioned in publications, have been compiled into the attached pdf document for the Female Convicts Research Centre (FCRC) by Ros Escott.  The list includes female convicts that have been featured in Convict Women's Press publications, FCRC Convict Stories website page, CWP's Edges of Empire Biographical Dictionary website, and other selected books as at October 2019:

Abondoned Women – Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas. Lucy Frost

Arrows of Hope – Selected Convict Stories Vol 2 – Descendants of Convicts’ Group Inc. 2002.

Convict Lives – Women at Cascades Female Factory (Vol 1). Convict Women’s Press (out of print, now e-book only)

Convict Lives at the Cascades Female Factory Vol 2. Convict Women’s Press

Convict Lives at the George Town Female Factory. Convict Women’s Press

Convict Lives at the Ross Female Factory. Convict Women’s Press

Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory. Convict Women’s Press

Edges of Empire Biographical Dictionary Convict Women’s Press website: https://www.eoe.convictwomenspress.com.au

From the Edges of Empire: Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles. Convict Women’s Press

FCRC website Convict Stories

Pack of Thieves? 52 Female Factory Lives. PAHSMA

Repression, Reform & Resilience: a history of the Cascades Female Factory, edited by Alison Alexander. Convict Women’s Press

The Convict Lassies : Forgotten Exiles? : Women sentenced to transportation at the High Court of Justiciary, Perth, Scotland and sent to Van Diemen's Land. W Lilian Macdonald

The Convict Letter Writer. Alice Meredith Hodgson

Van Diemen's Women. Joan Kavanagh and Dianne Snowden