Kezia Hayter

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
An employee of the Millbank Penitentiary, she was a passenger aboard the Rajah which sailed from Greenwich on 1841 transporting convicts to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania). Hayter is believed to have been the instigator and supervisor of the The Rajah Quilt, which was created en route by the female convicts.

Assisted Lady Franklin, wife of the governor of Tasmania, in the formation of the Tasmanian Ladies’ Society for the Reformation of Female Prisoners. An employee of the Millbank Penitentiary, she was a passenger on board the Rajah which sailed from Greenwich in 1841 transporting convicts to Van Dieman’s Land. Hayter is believed to have been the instigator and supervisor of the The Rajah Quilt, which was created en route by the female convicts on board.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992