Episode 65: The women executed in Van Diemen's Land Part 1

Welcome to episode 65, in which Claire tells the first half of her account of the women who were put to death for their offences in penal colony-era Tasmania.Hear the stories of Mary McLauchlan, a 24-year-old from Glasgow, Scotland, who was transported in 1828 for theft by housebreaking, and Eliza Benwell, who was 32 when she was convicted of stealing in Reading, England in 1835.But it was the crimes they were accused of once they reached the shores of Van Diemen's Land that would see them end up on the gallows...And Ben finishes things off with a Who Am I.If you would like to reach out, please email us at [email protected]