Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Into the Maelstrom

2 Pity Our Distress

3 The Full Penalty of the Law

4 Transported Beyond the Seas

5 A Very Pleasant Town

6 On Assignment

7 The Female Factory They Must Be Kept Under'

8 With His Excellency's Consent

9 Female Married'

10 Beating the System

11 A Dubious Refuge

12 Different Journeys

13 Some Evidence of Affection

14 Caught in the System

15 Survivors and Victims

16 An Affectionate Mother

17 A Second Chance

Appendix: The Convicts of the Princess Royal

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Babette Smith is an independent historian and author of the groundbreaking Australia's Birthstain: The startling legacy of the convict era.