The Resource The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868, Robert Hughes
The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868, Robert Hughes
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- Summary
- In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia... An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 688 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- 1. The Harbor and the exiles
- 2. A horse foaled by an acorn
- 3. The geographical unconscious
- 4. The starvation years
- 5. The voyage6. 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
- 9780099448549
- Label
- The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868
- Title
- The fatal shore
- Title remainder
- a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Hughes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia... An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-2012
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hughes, Robert
- Dewey number
- 994.02
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- General
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1938-2012
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hughes, Robert
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Prisoners
- British
- Convicts
- Penal colonies
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868, Robert Hughes
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 656-670) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- still image
- text
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- cri
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Harbor and the exiles -- 2. A horse foaled by an acorn -- 3. The geographical unconscious -- 4. The starvation years -- 5. The voyage6. 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
- Control code
- 000066184252
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 688 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780099448549
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimilies, maps, portraits
- Label
- The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868, Robert Hughes
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 656-670) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Harbor and the exiles -- 2. A horse foaled by an acorn -- 3. The geographical unconscious -- 4. The starvation years -- 5. The voyage6. 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
- Control code
- 000066184252
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 688 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780099448549
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimilies, maps, portraits
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