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    Her story, our story

    Jun 22, 2018 3 minutes
    By Gay Hendriksen

    Contemporary Australia is opening its ears to the marginalised and the minorities, and their silent stories that have shaped each of our journeys. The history of the colonial convict female factories is one of these stories. The voices of at least 9000 women are now being drawn into the broader narratives of Australia's past. This history, her story, is our story.

    The colonial convict women coming to Australia were experiencing the effects of the industrial and agrarian revolutions and the consequences of the failed Irish Revolution, the

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