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The First Fleet - Convict Women

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Introduction:
"A brief look at some of the convict women who, in 1788, were part of the very first white settlement in Australia."


1. Esther Abrahams, a young Jewish girl, caught the eye of 2nd Lt George Johnston on the voyage out. They were to spend the rest of their lives as a couple. In what year were they married?
    1814
    1802
    1791
    They never married.


2. What 'first' is Anne Davis remembered for?
    Mother of the first white baby born in Australia
    First woman to write a published account of the new settlement
    First white woman to step foot on Australian soil
    First woman to be hanged in Australia


3. Another first. What 'first' is Isabel Rosson remembered for?
    The first woman to be married in the colony
    The first woman to receive a land grant
    The first woman to kill her husband
    The first school teacher


4. Before she married Richard Robinson in 1792, Ann Inett had two sons to 2nd Lt Philip Gidley King who had been made commandant of the settlement on Norfolk Island. (He later became Governor of New South Wales). What were the names of the two sons?
    Philip and Arthur
    Norfolk and Sydney
    Hannibal and Gideon
    Philip and Lawrence


5. How did Eleanor McCabe, her little daughter and another woman die in 1793?
    Of smallpox
    They drowned when a boat overturned
    Killed by an intruder
    Speared by aboriginals


6. Elizabeth Thackery was the last known female survivor of the First Fleet. She was sentenced in 1786 to seven years transportation for the theft of what?
    Two loaves of bread
    Five handkerchiefs
    A purse containing ten shillings
    A dress belonging to her employer


7. What 'notable deed' are Mary Braund and her husband, William Bryant, remembered for?
    The murder of two of soldiers
    Being selected to be among the first settlers of Van Dieman's Land
    Writing an account of the early colony
    Escaping from the colony in a small boat


8. Lieutenant Ralph Clarke wrote in his diary about this woman. He said 'It is a thousand pittious that She is abandoned Woman for She is in figure a fine woman and has got a handsome face.' What was her name?
    Elizabeth Pipkin
    Ellen Wainwright
    Carolina Laycock
    Elizabeth Lock


9. In August 1789 Sarah Bellamy was involved in a disturbance when a drunken officer, Captain James Meredith, tried to climb into her hut through a window. Sarah and her child screamed with fear so loudly the nightwatch arrived. She was arrested. What was the result of the hearing concerning this incident?
    She was convicted of assault against Meredith
    All charges against her were dropped
    She was convicted of the theft of his hat
    She was convicted of disturbing the peace


10. This woman had her daughter taken off her because she was considered to 'a woman of abandoned character'. What was her name?
    Elizabeth Barber
    Lydia Munroe
    Anne Fowles
    Frances Davis


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