Catherine McMahon
Subtitle: a remarkable convict woman
By: Damian King and Liz Schroeder
Contributors: Schroeder, Liz
Publisher: Rosenberg
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dural Delivery Centre, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781921719509
Subjects: Marriage; Women prisoners; Biography; Prisoners; Penal colonies; History; Women ex-convicts; Women pioneers; Irish
Description: This meticulously researched story of Catherine McMahon covers her life before and after she became a convict in Van Diemen's Land. The lives of her two husbands are also covered, her first husband John Copley and her second husband Thomas May. Both men were also convicts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-294) and index.