The Convict Ships, 1787-1868
Author : Charles Bateson
Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Australia
ISBN :
Ships Surgeons
Author : Jack Walton
Publisher :
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Convict ships
ISBN : 9781876344603
Book Description
The Convict Ships, 1787-1868
Author : Charles Bateson
Publisher :
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780589071462
Book Description
Convicts in the Colonies
Author : Lucy Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2019-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526756312
Book Description
In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through vivid real-life case studies and famous tales of the exceptional and extraordinary, Convicts in the Colonies narrates the history of convict transportation to Australia - from the first to the final fleet. Using the latest original research, Lucy Williams reveals a fascinating century-long history of British convicts unlike any other. Covering everything from crime and sentencing in Britain and the perilous voyage to Australia, to life in each of the three main penal colonies - New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia - this book charts the lives and experiences of the men and women who crossed the world and underwent one of the most extraordinary punishment in history.
Bound for Botany Bay
Author : Alan Brooke
Publisher : National Archives UK
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
This is the story of an extraordinary period in British criminal history, brought to life through unique surviving records held by the UK National Archives. For over two hundred years, tens of thousands of convicts were sentenced to be 'banished beyond the seas', mostly to Australia and to destinations which became the stuff of legend - Botany Bay, Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island. This book follows their epic voyages across the world's oceans, recapturing the perils and unexpected pleasures of life at sea in fresh and fascinating detail.
The Second Fleet
Author : Michael Flynn
Publisher :
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 31,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard
Author : Cal McCarthy
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,95 MB
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 178117198X
Book Description
The 'Neva' sailed from Cork on 8 January 1835, destined for the prisons of Botany Bay. There were 240 people on board, most of them either female convicts or the wives of already deported convicts, and their children. On 13 May 1835 the ship hit a reef just north of King's Island in Australia and sank with the loss of 224 lives - one of the worst shipwrecks in maritime history. The authors have comprehensively researched sources in Ireland, Australia and the UK to reconstruct in fascinating detail the stories of these women. Most perished beneath the ocean waves, but for others the journey from their poverty stricken and criminal pasts continued towards hope of freedom and prosperity on the far side of the world. At a time when Australia is once again becoming a new home for a generation of migrating Irish, it is appropriate that the formative historical links between the two countries be remembered.
Guide to Convict Transportation Lists
Author : Carol J Baxter
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 18,77 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9781921956287
Book Description
This guide contains a ship-by-ship analysis of the surviving transportation lists as well as the author's conclusions regarding the preparation of the lists and the likely number of transportees on each vessel.
The Health of Prisoners
Author : Richard Creese
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 11,80 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : 9789051838695
Book Description
In eighteenth-century Britain, gaols were places of temporary confinement, where inmates stayed while awaiting punishment. With the rise of the 'penitentiary' from the early nineteenth century, custodial institutions housed prisoners for much longer periods of time. Prisoners were supposed to be reformed as well as punished during their incarceration. From at least the time of John Howard (1726-1790), the health of prisoners has been part of the concern of philanthropists and others concerned with the wider functions of prisons. The Victorians established a Prison Medical Service, and members of the medical profession have long been involved in caring for the mental and physical needs of prisoners. For two centuries, prison overcrowding has been identified as a major cause of mortality and morbidity in prisons. Historical debates thus often have a modern ring to them, which make the essays in this volume particularly timely.
The Cambridge Economic History of Australia
Author : Simon Ville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1316194485
Book Description
Australia's economic history is the story of the transformation of an indigenous economy and a small convict settlement into a nation of nearly 23 million people with advanced economic, social and political structures. It is a history of vast lands with rich, exploitable resources, of adversity in war, and of prosperity and nation building. It is also a history of human behaviour and the institutions created to harness and govern human endeavour. This account provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of the nation's economic foundations, growth, resilience and future, in an engaging, contemporary narrative. It examines key themes such as the centrality of land and its usage, the role of migrant human capital, the tension between development and the environment, and Australia's interaction with the international economy. Written by a team of eminent economic historians, The Cambridge Economic History of Australia is the definitive study of Australia's economic past and present.
