The heights of rural-born English female convicts transported to New South Wales

Economic History Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 584-590

  Jackson, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 3042545149     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1996.tb00583.x     Document Type: Review

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