Esther : the extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became first lady of the colony

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Esther : the extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became first lady of the colony

Title remainder

the extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became first lady of the colony

Statement of responsibility

Jessica North

Title variation

Esther

Creator

• trueNorth, Jessica

Author

• trueNorth, Jessica

Subject

• trueColonies
• Ex-offenders -- New South Wales -- Biography
• First Fleet, 1787-1788 -- Biography
• trueGovernors
• Governors' spouses -- New South Wales -- 19th century -- Biography
• Great Britain, Royal Navy | Fleet, First -- Biography
• trueJewish women
• Jewish women -- Australia -- Biography
• Johnston, George, 1764-1823
• Abrahams, Esther, 1767-1846
• truePenal colonies
• truePioneers -- New South Wales -- Biography
• Prisoners -- New South Wales -- Biography
• trueSocial classes
• trueWomen colonists
• Women convicts -- New South Wales -- Biography
• Women prisoners -- New South Wales -- Biography
• New South Wales -- History -- Rum Rebellion, 1808-1809 -- Biography
• Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Biography

Genre

• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became First Lady of the colony. Esther Abrahams was one of the first Jewish women to arrive in the new land. Through her we meet some of the key people who helped shape the nation. Her life is an extraordinary rags-to-riches story. Aged 16, she stood trial at the Old Bailey in London for stealing 24 yards of black silk lace. Her sentence was transportation to New South Wales. She embarked on the perilous journey on the First Fleet as a convict, with no idea of what lay ahead. Once on shore, she became the servant and, in time, the wife of the young first lieutenant George Johnston. Much like another, better-known colonial woman, Elizabeth Macarthur, Esther successfully managed her husband's property and became a significant figure in the new colony. George Johnston, her husband, as leader of the Rum Rebellion against Governor Bligh, appropriated the office of Lieutenant-Governor of NSW, making Esther First Lady of the colony, a remarkable rise in society for a former convict

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

QBOO

Dewey number

994.02

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult