Reibey, Mary (1777 - 1855)

Mary Reibey was orphaned as a girl and arrested in 1791 after disguising herself as a male, James Burrow, and attempting to sell a stolen horse. As James Burrow she was sentenced to seven years transportation and arrived in the colony on 7 October 1792. Through marriage to her husband Thomas Raby, with whom she had seven children, Mary grew wealthy. She continued to accumulate property after his death, though the family fortune was strained by the misadventures of two of her sons-in-law.

• Burrow, James (alias)
• Haydock, Molly (maiden name)
• Raby, Mary (alternative spelling)
• Raiby, Mary (alternative spelling)

Books

• Irvine, Nance, Mary Reibey - Molly Incognita: A Biography of Mary Reibey, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1982, 161 pp. [ Details... ]

Edited Books

• Irvine, Nance (ed.), Dear Cousin: The Reibey Letters: Twenty-two letters of Mary Reibey, her children and their descendents, 1792-1901, 2 edn, Mary Reibey, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1995, 150 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
• Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]