Re: [lace] "oldest profession", was Pets and lace

[Noelene Lafferty]

One of the female convicts sent to Australia with the First Fleet in 1787 
was described as a lace maker as her occupation, but it was obvious from her 
crime she was a prostitute.
http://tiny.cc/Vxw3G
Noelene in Cooma

Ah, a subject of endless fascination to me!


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