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Vandemonians: The Repressed History of 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 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. This rich study of the lives of unwilling colonisers is an original and confronting new history of our convict past--the repressed history of colonial Victoria.
Book Details
- Publisher: Melbourne University
- Publish Date: Sep 28th, 2021
- Pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
- EAN: 9780522877533
- Categories: • Australia & New Zealand - General• Civilization
About the Author
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.
Praise for this book
"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