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More serious crimes, such as rape and murder, became transportable offences in the 1830s, but since they were also punishable by death, comparatively few convicts were transported for such crimes. [5] Approximately 1 in 7 convicts were women, while political prisoners, another minority group, comprised many of the best-known convicts.
Women convicts transported to Australia (21 P) Pages in category "Australian female criminals" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
This new design had the inmates divided into three categories: the "general", "merit" and "crime" class. [15] The "crime" class women had their hair cropped as a mark of disgrace and were the incorrigibles. The "merit" or first class comprised women who had been well behaved for at least six months and women who had recently arrived from England.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes. Bank robbers Australians convicted of bank robbery ...
Australian women prisoners who were convicts during the era of transportation (1787-1868). This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Convicts transported to Australia . It includes Convicts transported to Australia that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
January 1996 – March 1997 – The Claremont serial murders – The murders of two young Australian women and the unresolved disappearance of a third in 1996 and 1997 in Claremont, Western Australia 28 April 1996 – Port Arthur massacre – Martin Bryant killed 35 people at Port Arthur, Tasmania and injured 21 others in a shooting spree.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union also established branches in most Australian colonies in the 1880s, promoting votes for women and a range of social causes. [206] Female suffrage, and the right to stand for office, was first won in South Australia in 1895. [207] Women won the vote in Western Australia in 1899, with racial restrictions.
Propertied women in the colony of South Australia were granted the vote in local elections (but not parliamentary elections) in 1861. Henrietta Dugdale formed the first Australian women's suffrage society in Melbourne, Victoria in 1884. [45] Societies to promote women's suffrage were also formed in South Australia in 1888 and New South Wales in ...