Great convict stories : : dramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years / / Graham Seal.

'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' Warren Fahey AM Graham Seal takes us back to Australia's ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child could be transported to the other side of the globe for the theft of a handkerchief. It was a time when men were flogged till they bled f...

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Place / Publishing House:Crows Nest, NSW : : Allen & Unwin,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (305 pages) :; map
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  • Prologue: Lashland Introduction 1. Unpromising Beginnings 2. Perilous Voyages 3. The Convict Underworld 4. The System 5. Pain and Suffering 6. Troublemakers 7. Places of Condemnation 8. Desperate Escapes 9. The Felonry 10. A Convict Stain Appendix Glossary Notes and Sources Further Reading Acknowledgements.
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