Felonious Females Episode 1 – In the Beginning
Why were female convicts sent to Newcastle? This episode provides background information about the women who were sent north to Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

Felonious Females Episode 2 – A Fitting Memorial
Traces our involvement in Dr Christina Henri’s Roses from the Heart Convict
Bonnets Initiative which aims to honour all convict women who came north
into the Hunter Valley at some stage during their lives.

Felonious Females Episode 3 – Women Assigned
Convict women who were sent to Newcastle were assigned to free people
requiring domestic or farm workers in the township or further afield in the
Hunter Valley. This podcast discusses some of the female convicts who were
sent north, and what happened once they arrived.

Felonious Females Episode 4 – Ann Corbett
Female convict Ann Corbett arrived aboard the Planter (2) in 1839. We hear
about the voyage with 170 other women and her marriage and life with
Matthew Butt (Susan (2), 1836). Their descendants (family names: Downie,
Ayliffe, Collins, Greber, Parker, Bennis, Odgers, Bevan, Southon, Woolley,
Jackson, Ireland, Richmond, George, Malcolm, Wright, Montgomery) still live in
the Newcastle district.

Felonious Females Episode 5 – Women of the AA Company
17 female convicts were assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company from
1825 onwards. Hear about the background of the Company and the lives of the
women who tell their own history using AI technology for their native accents.

Felonious Females Episode 6 – Sophia Lovell
Sophia Lovell arrived aboard the Diana in 1833. She married fellow convict Alexander Munro and both became well-respected members of their local community. Alexander became the first mayor of Singleton, and with Sophia by his side, hosted many important visiting dignitaries.

Felonious Females Episode 7 – Molly Morgan
Three times married & twice transported, Molly Morgan led an
adventurous life both in England & the Colony of New South Wales. She
helped those she could & endeared herself to many people throughout
her life. Her memory lives on in the Hunter Valley through place names
such as Mount Molly Morgan, Molly Morgan Vineyard, Molly Morgan
Drive & the Molly Morgan Motor Inn. Dr Jude Conway relates her life
story here.

Felonious Females Episode 8 – Margaret McGreavy
A woman of spirit whose life was well documented through official
sources, Margaret rose from her beginnings as a convict to become a
pioneer of Newcastle’s East End & grandmother to a well-known
parliamentarian. Hear her interesting story related by Mel Woodford.

Felonious Females Episode 9 – Catherine Kent
Catherine Kent’s is a sad tale. Arriving aboard the Andromeda in 1834, Catherine encountered many obstacles in her short & tragic life. Listen to her story here.

Felonious Females Episode 10 – Mary Higgins
In the twenty-year period between 1804 and 1824, over 1500 female convicts were sent to Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. Mary Higgins was one of the first.

Felonious Females Episode 11 – Women Rewarded
During the governorship of Ralph Darling, a Ladies Committee was set up at the Parramatta Female Factory. This podcast outlines the practice of financially rewarding female convicts assigned to families in the colony and highlights 4 women who were commended for their service with households in the Hunter Valley.

Felonious Females Episode 12 – Mutinous Misses of the ‘Roslin Castle’
In this episode in the Felonious Females series, Mel Woodford explores the voyage of the Roslin Castle (2), which, carrying 128 women, arrived in Port Jackson on the 29th of June, 1830, after a treacherous four-month journey.