From the Daily Record : THEY are the women history has chosen to forget – the 2500 Scots banished to Tasmania  for the pettiest of crime...

From the Sydney Morning Herald : Australians have made heroes of bushranger Ned Kelly, mutineer Fletcher Christian and cricketer Shane Warne...

It is 1927 and feared vice queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh are battling for control of the underworld in a crime war that will scar Au...

Just a few more titles to add to the every growing "Mount To Be Read": Mary Reiby: From Convict To First Lady Of Trade by Kathlee...

Founder of Outback Maternity Home Lucy was born six years after her parents first arrived in Australia from England. She became a milliner ...

Born in Cornwall England, Mary was the daughter of a family well-known for sheep-stealing. Mary was a wilful and adventurous young lass whic...

Lucy Osborn was the daughter of an Egyptologist. She was born in London, and as a young woman was said to be well educated and the "mis...

Pioneering Businesswoman Originally from Bury, Lancashire, England, Mary Reibey was convicted of horse-stealing and sentenced to 7 years tr...

From the Parramatta Sun : Local MPs and Parramatta Heritage Centre members are furious that work has begun to turn one of Australia’s most i...

So what happened to a convict once he or she arrived in Australia. Firstly, upon departing the ship, the convicts were sent to a barracks wh...

"And we're bound for Botany Bay" With the independence of the United States in 1776, Britain found itself without an avenue f...

Founder of St Margaret's Hospital for Women Gertrude Abbott began life as Mary Jane O'Brien in Sydney (1846). Her father was a scho...

"The Emigrant's Friend" Caroline was born near Northampton, England, the daughter of a farmer. Aged 22yo, Caroline married Ca...

City Foundress Molly Morgan was transported to Australia (1790) for stealing hemp from a linen factory. Joined by her husband, Molly opened...

Pioneering Australian Matriarch From the age of 10yo, Mary spent her days sweeping the streets of London as a means of begging. Young Mary ...

Female Convict & Midwife Born in Ipswich, England, Margaret grew up a country girl. Margaret showed courage and daring when she rode ba...

Jewish Convict & First Lady (c.1771 - 1846) As a 15yo milliner, Esther was charged with stealing lace from a shop (30/8/1786) - the evi...

It's offical, Julia Gillard will today be sworn in by Australia's first female Governor General as Australia's first female Prim...

From ABC News : A major new artwork has been commissioned to honour convict women at the Hobart Female Factory. Shirley McCarron from the Fe...

From ABC North Queensland : It's 1942. The men have gone to war and the women of a small Australian town called Warrabadanga rally tog...