the free people transported as convicts to Van Diemen’s Land
- Written by: Kristyn Harman, Associate Professor in History, University of Tasmania
Hobart from Old Wharf by John Skinner Prout, (1844).Allport Library and Museum, State Library of TasmaniaEmma Cotton (or Cotterell) sailed into Sydney harbour on the Rubicon in 1833 as a free immigrant. A 32-year-old woman of independent means, she took on needlework in the colony. Emma’s genteel life unravelled four years later when she...
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