The Boy from Buninyong: The Life of an Australian Showman

Badger, Angela

Victoria Press

Charlotte Badger-Buccaneer

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Indra Pub

A gripping story of power, deceit and passion, this historical fiction is based on the true story of Mary Ann whose case is said to have brought about the Married Women’s Property Act. When Mary Ann inherits her family’s property, her husband soon begins selling off portions of the land without her consent. Not only does he cheat her of her birthright he then wants to bring his ‘fancy’ woman to live there. Driven by desperation, Mary Ann fights with him and cuts his arm. The wound turns septic and he dies. Mary Ann is hauled off to Goulburn Goal branded a murderer. However, when she is found to be pregnant the authorities decide to wait until the baby is born before sentencing her to hang. Her real crime through all this is being born a woman in a man’s world...

The Hanging of Mary Ann: Based on a True Story, This Colonial Woman Was a Victim of the Time

History

World

Brolga Pub.

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