First Edition, pp. 412 illusts #0218. True stories of 12 brave women who sailed to the colonies in Australia’s founding years: Esther Johnton (Abrahams): Rosanna Julian (Nichols): Elizabeth Macarthur (Veale); Mary Reibey (Haydock); Frances (Fanny) Leonora Macleay: Mary Ann Friend (Ford); Eliza Furlong (Jack); Mary Thomas (Harris): Louisa Ann Meredith (Twamley): Georgina McCrae (Huntly); Anne Caldwell (Monney); Mary Anna Spencer (later McManus).