Folk club to hear story of young women's voyage

The story of the voyage of thousands of young women, who voluntarily came to Australia in the 1830s, will be told at the Troubadour Folk Club at the Woy Woy CWA Hall on April 8.

It will be presented by the Good Girl Song Project, with folk musicians Penny Larkins, Helen Begley and Ms Jamie Molloy.

The show takes place on the pier at Gravesend and shipboard between England and Sydney.

The young women, played by Ms Larkins and Ms Begley, are pushed through the colonial migration process and the experience of life aboard an emigrant ship.

Written by Ms Begley, it is based on the academic writings of Ms Liz Rushen and other award winning Australian historians.

The script quotes directly from eyewitness accounts and the songs aim to capture the everyday life on board the ship.

Entitled "Voyage", the show will come to Woy Woy after touring nationally, having enjoyed success at the Woodford Festival in Queensland over the New Year.

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Media release, 22 Mar 2018

Michael Fine, The Troubadour