Deborah Oxley
Deborah Oxley
Professor of Social Science History
Affiliation: Faculty of History
Expert in: Forced migration, Gender and sexuality in migration, History of migration
Geographic focus: UK, Australia, Ireland
Deborah's research interests include:
- The forced migration of women to Australia between 1826 and 1840
- Measuring the biological consequences of European Imperialism
- Height and health in history;
- Body mass - a new frontier in anthropometrics;
- Micro-economics of the household;
- Penal transportation to Australia;
- Coercive labour systems;
- Colonial Australian development;
- Crime and punishment in Great Britain and Ireland
- Weighty Matters: A Somatic History of the Industrial Revolution
- Convict Australia: Coercions and Freedoms in Australian Penal Colonies
