Alexandrina Askew Alexandrina Askew i(23331471 works by) (a.k.a. Jemima Askew; Alice Askew)
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1845
Heritage: Scottish
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'Alexandrina, or Jemima or Alice, as she became in later life, arrived as Alexandrina Grant on the convict ship Tory in Hobart in 1845, along with 30 other Scottish women among a shipload of 170, otherwise from England.' (https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-how-lady-swindler-alexandrina-askew-triumphed-over-the-convict-stain-169023

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