Biographies

Jess Hill through her research created biographies in point form of nearly 4700 convict women. Part of the project has been the development of narratives of the lives of these women, using the research as a basis. Here is a selection of some of the biographies that have been written and recorded.

Amelia Hatfield, Northampton, 1815

Janet Douglas, Maria, 1818

Margaret Southern, Experiment I, 1804

Elizabeth Griffiths, Broxbornebury, 1814

Jane Forbes, Lady Juliana, 1790

Rebecca Bolton, Lady Penrhyn, 1788

Maria Nodes, Indispensable, 1809

Eliza Cobb, Maria, 1818

Sarah Turner, Maria, 1818

Christian Young, Lord Melville I, 1817