Isabella and William, Convicts and Australia's First Teachers

Christopher Brangwin

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Australian Scholarly Publishing
15 August 2025

History; Australasian & Pacific history

Isabella Rosson, a skilled mantua maker, was pregnant, literate and about thirty years old when in January 1787 she was convicted at the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, of feloniously stealing 12 shillings' worth of clothing and bed linen from her employer, and then sentenced to transportation to New South Wales. This is the story of her trial, her long voyage to Botany Bay and loss of her child, her achievements as the colony's first teacher, and her return to England in 1810 as a free woman. It is also the story of corruption and the gross abuse of official power in the early years of British settlement, about which Isabella's husband William Richardson, a convict and a teacher, would testify before Parliament's Select Committee on Transportation in 1812.

By: Christopher Brangwin
Imprint: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9781923267169
ISBN 10: 1923267167
Pages: 102
Publication Date: 15 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Brangwin was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1939, but came to Australia with his parents when he was eleven. He later travelled to Canada with his wife where he completed a Bachelor of Education and a Master's Degree in Political Geography. He has taught in Canada, New Zealand and Australia, where he became a Deputy Headmaster and later the Australasian Representative of the International Baccalaureate. In 2005 he was awarded an Order of Australia [AM] for his work in International Education.