Voyages of Female Convict Ships
Saturday 10 May 2014
Old Sunday School, St John's Park Precinct
Session 1
- Trudy Cowley: A Statistical Overview of the Voyages
- Hamish Maxwell-Stewart: Female convict voyages: an overview
- Deborah Norris: Children on the voyages
Session 2
- Colleen Arulappu: Five surgeons and their influence
- Stephen Lucas: Medical conditions experienced by female convicts
- Dianne Snowden: Developing skills on the voyage
Musical Interlude
- Peter MacFie and Hamish Pike provide music of the period
Session 3: Individual Voyages
- Raelene Mibus: Gilbert Henderson 1840 (this is a copy of Raelene's powerpoint presentation - a written paper will be available soon)
- Brian Rieusset: Mexborough 1841
- Jo Brodie: East London 1843
- Mary Landers: Earl Grey 1849
