The convict settlers of Australia
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0522845851
ISBN 13
9780522845853
LCCN
HV 8950 .R66
DDC
365.9944
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
xii, 229 pages
Subject
Australia
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Abstract
Who were the convicts transported to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and what sort of lives did they lead in Australia? Transported convicts made up most of the population of Australia in its early years and so the picture of the nation's beginning is influenced by an echo of clanking chains and the shadow of a cat-o'-nine-tails. Small wonder then that since it was first published, Lloyd Robson's classic study has been read by a generation of Australians wanting to understand the founders. A systematic treatment of the origins and crimes of the convicts, this classic study introduces a valuable core of hard facts into a discussion too often influenced by half-truths and myths. Working from a statistical sampling, and writing with sympathetic insight, Robson examines the convicts' records: the background, age, religion and the skills they brought with them.
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Content:
Convicts in Britain -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The places of trial -- 3. The offences -- 4. The female convicts -- Convicts in Australia -- 5. The male convicts in Australia -- 6. The female convicts in Australia -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Sampling and statistics -- Appendix 2. The number of convicts transported -- Appendix 3. The convict records -- Appendix 4. Basic tables and comments -- Appendix 5. Tables classifying the number of male convicts tried in various countries -- Appendix 6. Tables classifying the number of male convicts transported for certain offences -- Appendix 7. Tables classifying the number of female convicts tried in various countries -- Appendix 8. Tables classifying the number of female convicts transported for certain offences -- Appendix 9. Tables classifying the number of male convicts sent to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- Appendix 10. Tables classifying the number of female convicts sent to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- Appendix 11. Particulars of convicts mentioned in the text.
Convicts in Britain -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The places of trial -- 3. The offences -- 4. The female convicts -- Convicts in Australia -- 5. The male convicts in Australia -- 6. The female convicts in Australia -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Sampling and statistics -- Appendix 2. The number of convicts transported -- Appendix 3. The convict records -- Appendix 4. Basic tables and comments -- Appendix 5. Tables classifying the number of male convicts tried in various countries -- Appendix 6. Tables classifying the number of male convicts transported for certain offences -- Appendix 7. Tables classifying the number of female convicts tried in various countries -- Appendix 8. Tables classifying the number of female convicts transported for certain offences -- Appendix 9. Tables classifying the number of male convicts sent to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- Appendix 10. Tables classifying the number of female convicts sent to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- Appendix 11. Particulars of convicts mentioned in the text.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253).
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
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