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