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A Stitch in Time – the Rajah Quilt and the women who made it
The convict ship Rajah brought 180 female convicts from England to Van Diemen’s Land in 1841. The voyage is noted for the creation of the quilt made by the convict women under the supervision of the young ship’s Matron, Miss Kezia Hayter. The Rajah Quilt is the only known surviving quilt made by female convicts during their voyage to the colonies. It was found in a Scottish attic in 1987 and gifted to the National Gallery of Australia in 1989.
The paper investigates the convict women who may have been responsible for creating the Rajah quilt.
Dr Dianne Snowden AM Biography
Dr Dianne Snowden AM is an historian and genealogist.
Dianne was a founder member of the Female Convicts Research Centre and is currently President. She is also President of the Friends of the Orphan Schools, which she founded in 2007.
She taught Adult Education classes in family history for more than twenty years. In 2008, she introduced family history to the University of Tasmania, and in 2014, was instrumental in establishing the online Diploma in Family History. She is President of the peak-body Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents.
Dianne is the author or co-author of several publications. She is a member of the Tasmanian Library Advisory Board and was appointed to the Board of the Society of Australian Genealogists in 2023.
She is a former Chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council.
Dianne was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2017 for significant service to the community as an historian and genealogical researcher, to higher education, and to heritage groups. She was admitted to the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women in 2017.