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The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 / Robert Hughes.
- Title
- The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 / Robert Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Robert, 1938-
- Publication
- London : Collins Harvill, 1987, c1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DU115 .H78x 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 688 p., [42] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 656-670.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. The Harbor and the exiles -- 2. A horse foaled by an acorn -- 3. The geographical unconscious -- 4. The starvation years -- 5. The voyage -- 6. Who were the convicts? -- 7. bolters and bushrangers -- 8. Bunters, Mollies and Sable Brethren -- 9. The Government stroke -- 10. Gentlement of New South Wales -- 11. To plough Van Diemen's Land -- 12. Metastasis -- 13. Norfolk Island -- 14. Toward abolition -- 15. A special scourge -- 16. The aristocracy be we -- 17. The end of the system.
- ISBN
- 0002173611
- LCCN
- ^^^87672252^
- OCLC
- 15252614
- SCSB-11988925
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library