$37.59
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 September 2021
Summary
Vandemonians: Victoria’s Convict Stain
From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, comes the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria.
It was meant to be ‘Victoria the Free’, uncontaminated by the Convict Stain. Yet they came in their tens of thousands as soon as they were cut free or able to escape. More than half of all those transported to Van Diemen’s Land as convicts would one day settle or spend time in Victoria. There they were de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522877533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522877532 |
| Author: | Janet McCalman |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 692g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 234mm x 155mm |
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Critics Review
“Vandemonians offers an important and eloquent accompaniment to the vast and valuable data gathered in the significant ‘Founders and Survivors Ships Project Data’. The book uses both prosopography and a ‘cradle to grave’ approach to illuminate the untold history of the thousands of Vandemonians who went to early Port Phillip. The life course writing not only gives voice and vibrancy to ‘forgotten women’, it showcases ways to interpret and navigate digital history data. The empathy McCalman shows in revealing convict women’s experiences makes this book of vital historiographical and empirical importance to scholars in the field. ” –AHA KAY DANIELS AWARD, JUDGES’ COMMENDATION
About The Author
Janet McCalman
Janet McCalman is known for her award-winning books Struggletown, Journeyings and Sex and Suffering, all published by MUP. She co-edited with Emma Dawson What Happens Next- Reconstructing Australia after Covid-19 in 2020. For over twenty years she taught and researched interdisciplinary history at the University of Melbourne. In 2018 she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
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