Bibliograph

The fatal shore, Robert Hughes

Type

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The fatal shore, Robert Hughes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 656-670) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fatal shore

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

13821695

Responsibility statement

Robert Hughes

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

Table Of Contents

The harbor and the exiles -- A horse foaled by an acorn -- The geographical unconscious -- The starvation years -- The voyage -- Who were the convicts? -- Bolters and bushrangers -- Bunters, mollies and sable brethren -- The government stroke -- Gentlemen of New South Wales -- To plough Van Diemen's land -- Metastasis -- Norfolk Island -- Toward abolition -- A special scourge -- The aristocracy be we -- The end of the system

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator