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The Ambitions of Jane Franklin
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 318

The Ambitions of Jane Franklin

A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century. This is her remarkable life, including her extensive travels, her years in Tasmania as the governor's wife, and her very public battle to save her husband, the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, from accusations of cannibalism. Winner of the 2014 National Biography Award In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world, and was probably the best travelled woman of her day. Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in late eighteenth-century London, her marriage at the ripe age of 36 years ...

Tasmania's Convicts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 582

Tasmania's Convicts

To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land' it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells the history of the men and women transported to what became one of Britain's most notorious convict colonies. Following the lives of dozens of convicts and their families' she uncovers stories of success' failure' and everything in between. While some suffered harsh conditions' most served their time and were freed' becoming ordinary and peaceful citizens. Yet over the decades' a terrible stigma became associated with the convicts' and they and the whole colony went to extraordinary lengths to hide it. The majority of Tasmanians today have convict ancestry' whether they know it or not. While the public stigma of its convict past has given way to a contemporary fascination with colonial history' Alison Alexander debates whether the convict past lingers deep in the psyche of white Tasmania.

Accounts and Papers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 402

Accounts and Papers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Scottish Jurist
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 698

The Scottish Jurist

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1853
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Companion to Tasmanian History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1089

The Companion to Tasmanian History

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Parliamentary Papers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

Parliamentary Papers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1846
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1100