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Vandemonians : the repressed history of colonial Victoria / Janet McCalman.

Vandemonians : the repressed history of colonial Victoria / Janet McCalman.
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ISBN 9780522877533
Author McCalman, Janet, 1948- (author)
Title Vandemonians : the repressed history of colonial Victoria / Janet McCalman.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Carlton, Victoria : Miegunyah Press, ©2021.
©2021.
Description 343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Series Miegunyah volumes. Series 2 201
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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 bolt. 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 demonised as Vandemonians. Some could never go straight; a few were the luckiest of gold diggers; a handful founded families with distinguished descendants. Most slipped into obscurity. Burdened by their pasts and their shame, their lives as free men and women, even within their own families, were forever shrouded in secrets and lies. Only now are we discovering their stories and Victoria's place in the nation's convict history. As Janet McCalman examines this transported population of men, women and children from the cradle to the grave, we can see them not just as prisoners, but as children, young people, workers, mothers, fathers and colonists.
Subjects Convicts -- Victoria -- History
Ex-convicts -- Victoria -- History
Victoria -- History -- 1834-1900
Victoria -- Social life and customs
Australia -- Colonization -- History
Victoria -- History -- 1901-1945
Series Miegunyah Press series 201.
Call number 2021.224
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General Collection   . *, Long Overdue . 28 Mar 2023
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