The convict letter writer / Alice Meredith Hodgson
- Bib ID:
- 7789444
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hodgson, Alice Meredith, author
- Description:
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- Hobart, Tasmania : Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd, [2018]
- ©2018
- 274 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, plan, facsimiles ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780648265115 (paperback)
- 0648265110
- Summary:
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"From Limerick to Campbell Town to Detroit, Meredith Hodgson guides us through the remarkable life of Eliza Williams, and adds a heroine to the pages of our history. In 1851 Eliza was found guilty of theft and subsequently transported to Van Diemen's Land. She was despatched to serve with the other convicts at Rosedale, John Leake's magnificent estate near Campbell Town. Three decades later Eliza was on the other side of the world and at the other end of the social scale. She corresponded with the Leakes over many years from Detroit and her letters tell an extraordinary tale of a convict woman's journey to prosperity, status and wealth."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-267) and index.
- Subject:
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- Williams, Eliza, approximately 1836?-1918
- Williams, Eliza, approximately 1836?-1918 -- Correspondence
- Leake, Sarah Elizabeth, 1817-1881
- Leake family -- Correspondence
- Rosedale (Campbell Town, Tas.) -- History
- Women ex-convicts -- Biography
- Penal transportation -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century
- Women convicts -- Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900 -- Biography
- Pioneers -- Tasmania -- Biography
- Campbell Town Region (Tas.) -- History -- 19th century
- Tasmania -- Biography
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Social life and customs
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Williams, Eliza, approximately 1836?-1918
- Available From:
- 01301095
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2018
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