Fanny Jarvis and the Female Factories in Van Diemen's Land

At the height of the transportation system, convict women in the Female Factories resisted against the systemic oppression oppression to which they were subjected. Monika Schwarz shares her discoveries about the 'incidences' convict women were involved in. "As a matter of fact, these incidents form a network, with women involved in multiple events, connecting them to each other, and they don't occur in isolation but are part of a larger structure of resistance in the Female Factories... and Fanny Jarvis is right at the centre of it." -- In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of democratic reformers, rural labour protestors, Irish freedom fighters and revolutionaries were exiled as political prisoners to Britain’s Australian colonies. As convicts, they resisted exploitation through inventive solidarity in the face of coercion, and in turn changed the political direction of the colonies. The Conviction Politics project traces how these convicts and their ideas helped lay the foundations of egalitarianism, political and social democracy, unions and workers rights and national self-determination in Australia and the UK. Through archival research, data analysis, documentary, animation and song, Conviction Politics is producing an innovative suite of digital history content exploring these stories and their contemporary resonance, including 100 short documentaries. Based at Monash University, Conviction Politics collaborates with researchers from universities in Australia, the UK and Ireland, and is partnered with production company Roar Film and a range of museums, archives, and unions. -- Love history? Subscribe to our channel for more! We'll be uploading new short documentaries every week.