List of VDL Convict Women in Publications
Compiled by Ros Escott
for the Female Convicts Research Centre (FCRC)
as at May 2023
Female Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land, who are mentioned in publications, have been compiled into the attached pdf document for the Female Convicts Research Centre (FCRC). The list includes female convicts that have been featured in Convict Women's Press publications, FCRC Convict Stories website page, CWP's Edges of Empire Biographical Dictionary website, and other selected books as at May 2023:
Abandoned Women, Lucy Frost
Arrows of Hope Vol 2, Bronwyn Quint (out of print)
Convict Lives Cascades 1, Female Convicts Research Centre (out of print)
Convict Lives Cascades Vol 2, Alison Alexander and Alice Meredith Hodgson, CWP
Convict Lives George Town, Alison Alexander, CWP
Convict Lives Launceston, Lucy Frost and Alice Meredith Hodgson, CWP
Convict Lives New Norfolk, Dianne Snowden and Jane Harrington, CWP
Convict Lives Ross, Lucy Frost, CWP
Convict Lives Young girls transported to Van Diemen’s Land, CWP
Edges Biographical Dictionary (CWP online)
From the Edges of Empire, Lucy Frost and Colette McAlpine, CWP
FCRC website Convict Stories (various)
Pack of Thieves, PAHSMA 2014
Repression, Reform & Resilience at the Cascades Female Factory, Alison Alexander, CWP
The Convict Lassies, W. Lilian Macdonald
The Last Ladies, Christine Woods
Van Diemen's Women, Joan Kavanagh & Dianne Snowden
Vandemonians, Janet McCalman
Entried arranged in alphabetical order by convict surname, then given name. A large number of convicts used several names, and their names were often spelt in several different ways. The spelling and name used in this document is that in the publication, which is usually the same as that in the FCRC’s Female Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land Database. If you can’t find a convict in the FCRC Database, try searching with her surname in the ‘Aliases’ field which include various versions of spelling, aliases and married names as used in official documents about that convict.
