Young Alexandrina Grant is an audacious liar.
Richard Roxburgh follows this clever and ambitious crook as she travels from the alleys of Aberdeen to a convict cell in Tasmania, then onto the streets of 1850’s Melbourne.
Mrs Alexandrina Askew emerges, transformed into a squatter’s wife, with distinguished ancestry and connections.
But when her disguise is revealed, the newspapers pounce. And this notorious fraudster has serious questions to answer.
Guests: Dr Janet McCalman, Colette McAlpine, Sarah Hamilton.
Narrator – Richard Roxburgh
Actor – Conrad Coleby
Producer - Ros Bluett
Sound engineer - Russell Stapleton
Artwork – Lachlan Conn
Image Details
Crime, History, Women