Eliza McILVEENE: Prostitute, Murderer, and Transported for Life

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A Prostitute & Murderer Transported For Life: The convict record of Eliza McILVEENE, who (apparently) arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard 'Mexborough' in December 1841; transported for life, having had her death sentence for murdering a fellow prostitute, commuted. [Nb: Her companion, Mary Moody, also found guilty of murder and transported for life, listed as being on the same voyage as Eliza, of whom there is no published record.] McILVEENE had murdered Catherine Kearns (or Cairns) while beating her with the leg of a stool while both of them were drunk. The document records her being sentenced to 6 days of Solitary Confinement for being drunk (October 1842) and being granted her ticket-of-leave in August 1847. The granting of a ticket-of-leave only 6 years after her arrival suggests she must have settled down or had friends in high places!

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