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The secret history of my family. Episode 1, The Gadbury sisters /

The story of three pickpocketing sisters raised in 1830s Shoreditch, in the heart of London's criminal underworld, and how two of them were banished to England's 'thief colony.' Among the girls' Australian descendants are two Supreme Court judges and a government premier, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bullman, Joseph (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2015.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Sisters > Great Britain.
Penal colonies > Australia.
Families > Great Britain.
Families > Australia.
Great Britain > Genealogy.
Australia > Genealogy.
Sœurs > Grande-Bretagne.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Australie.
Familles > Grande-Bretagne.
Familles > Australie.
Australie > Généalogies.
Families.
Penal colonies.
Sisters.
Australia.
Great Britain.
Documentary television programs.
Genealogy.
Television mini-series.
Documentaires télévisés.
Miniséries.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The story of three pickpocketing sisters raised in 1830s Shoreditch, in the heart of London's criminal underworld, and how two of them were banished to England's 'thief colony.' Among the girls' Australian descendants are two Supreme Court judges and a government premier, and the descendants of the sister left behind in England are a bin man and a window cleaner. The incredible true story of the Gadbury girls and the generations that followed them is told by their descendants.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed February 09, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 min.)
Playing Time:00:52:23