Amelia’s plea of insanity was rejected by the court and she was hanged at Newgate Prison on 10 June 1896. Marriage for working-class women was an economic necessity in 19th-century Britain ...

Mary Anne McCracken had frequently argued for improvements in women’s lives. In the second half of the 19th century ... and went to prison. From the start of the 20th century to the beginning ...

On August 13, 1964, killers Peter Anthony Allan and Gwynne Owen Evans were simultaneously hanged at Walton Prison and ...

The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian ... newly arrived unmarried women and girls who came to New South ...