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Sephardi convicts in Van Diemen's Land
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Frost, L and Ballyn, S 2003
, 'Sephardi convicts in Van Diemen's Land', in Peter Elias and Ann Elias (eds.), A Few from Afar: Jewish Lives in Tasmania from 1804
, Hobart Hebrew Congregation, Hobart, pp. 73-82.
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Abstract
Among the thousands of men and women transported to Van Diemen’s Land was a small though significant contingent of Jews. In a colony where Christianity was assumed as the norm. the religious and cultural heritage of Jewish convicts complicated their lives. This chapter looks at a distinctive group within this religious minority, the Sephardi convicts, and though biographies of a male and female convict considers the pressures of their heritage upon their construction of colonial identity.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Authors/Creators: | Frost, L and Ballyn, S |
| Keywords: | Jews in Van Diemen's Land Jewish convicts Sephardi Jews in colonial Australia female convicts |
| Publisher: | Hobart Hebrew Congregation |
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