Mary Reibey Research Paper

Mary Riebey, (originally born under the name Molly Haydock), was born in Bury, Lancashire, England on the 12th of May 1777. Today Mary is one of the most recognisable convict faces of all those who were sent to Australia. Her portrait being seen by thousands of people everyday on the face of the $20 note. Two years after her birth in 1779 Mary was orphaned by her parents Jane and James Haydock, and raised by her grandmother. In 1790, at the age of 13 after Mary had learnt to read and write her grandmother sent her into service to become a house servant. One year later in 1791 Mary ran away from her employer dressed as a boy and going under the name of James Burrow. On the 21st of July she was arrested in the name of ‘James Burrow’ and convicted

The 20th of May 1820 William is employed as a 3rd District constable.8 The police force was predominately ex-convicts. William is on the pay lists of constables employed at Sydney from 27th of December 1822 through to 30th of August 1825. This employment gave him and his family a stable income of £13 11s 8d increasing to £20 11s 8d over the five years he was a constable. Each entry only list a wife and two children which he is entitled payment for.9

Mary Sorrells was born on December 23, 1963 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. She was the middle child in a family of four brothers, and four sisters. At the age of eighteen, she graduated high school, and worked in a factory while obtaining a nursing license. On September 3, 1983, she married Gary Spangler in a Pentecostal church in Staunton, Virginia. Thirteen years later, on March 12, 1997, Mary gave birth to her first child (Jacob) at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where our journey begins. So, after fifty-one years of maturing into a wise adult, this is what this five foot tall woman is today.

In 1900, Pyrmont was an important port and industrial area, with a population of almost 30 000 people. There was a wide range of industries and services present including wharves, dockyards, warehouses, abattoirs, wool stores, railway yards and even an incinerator for the disposal of Sydney’s waste. It was deemed a working-class suburb with a predominantly Irish/Catholic population. As the income for Pyrmont was only modest, semi-detached cottages were the most common type of housing present.

Mary Surratt was a person, who at the time of Abraham Lincoln’s death owned a boarding house, and had close ties with John Wilkes Booth. After Booth had been captured for the assassination of President Lincoln, Mary was sent to the gallows. To this day there is still a debate about whether she should have been hanged for her crimes. I feel it was unnecessary for her to die that way.

Mary Surratt should've been executed. Mary Surratt should’ve been executed because she lied to authorities.

Mary Lou Retton is the greatest gymnast ever. She was the first American gymnast to win the gold, for male and females. In this paper, I'm going to be telling you about Mary Lou's childhood, her Olympic experience and her achievements.

Mary Surratt should have not been executed. Even though she was going to get executed she always claimed her innocence.

Would the advances of today be up to such standards without the writings of history? Diary’s and books show the way of life along with what did and did not work. Women such as Martha Ballard and Mary Jemison gave an insight into their life that would have not been accessible to the world we know.

Also he was friends with almost everyone who was there so he was treated better by the NSW corps. William worked as a waterman which collected and sold oysters and other items. In 1808 William had his name was included in a list of people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.) who supported the arrest of Governor Bligh.Blue was selected harbour watchman and police officer by Governor Macquarie in 1811. These titles enabled him to buy/own/receive a new home (ignoring/not (seeing/hearing/becoming aware of)/looking at) Sydney Harbour,which became a local hugely important known as 'Billy Blue's House'. Macquarie was a regular user of the ferry services; he reported in his diary in 1817 that his wife and son were taken up the river to Parramatta in Blue's boat. That year Blue was granted a farm of eighty (areas of land about 200 feet X 220 feet), which he called Northampton, at the southernmost tip of the north shore of Port Jackson. The headland became known as Billy Blue's

Throughout the early years of Ruth Hegarty’s life, the Great Depression had cemented itself in Australia and as a consequence,

I, Mary Lee was born on the 14th of February, 1821 in county Monahan and died on the 8th of September, 1909 in North Adelaide at the age of 88 from pleurisy. During my lifetime, I was married and had 7 children. In 1879 I widowed and sailed by steam boat with one of my daughters to care for my ill son in Adelaide, which later on became my permanent home. Sadly he died in 1880 and I then became devoted to Adelaide and its wellbeing. During my time in Adelaide, I had noticed many cruel things, specifically towards women and children. I wanted to change this, so I joined and formed many committees and movements. Later on, in 1894, I made one of my biggest achievements. The

To describe the nature of the role, and lives, of women in Australia before, during, and after World War One

Australia in the early 1900s has developed a reputation as a ‘working man’s paradise’ for its greater opportunity to success and an egalitarian society. However not all workers proved this to be true. In order to determine this statement, Issues to be discussed include firstly the hours of work for different genders, secondly the working conditions and finally the dispute for the right to fair treatment to women and Aboriginal natives throughout the 19th century.

'One of the most remarkable sights in Sydney is that of the Wool Exchange in full blast. both buyers and brokers are men of weight and substance and responsibility in the community, but when the auctioneer puts up a lot the buyers spring to their feet, wave their catalogues over their heads, and shout their bids frantically at the seller... It is not unusual for 100,000 [pounds'] worth of wool to be put through during an afternoon.' Sydney Mail, October 16, 1897