Bedlam at Botany Bay / James Dunk.
Bedlam at Botany Bay / James Dunk.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, UNSW Press Ltd., 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2859 , H 2019/3637
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 306 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
There is a wildness -- The liabilities of the sea -- Madness and malingering -- The 'lunatic asylum' at Castle Hill -- The politics of a penal colony -- Darling's suicides -- After the rebellion -- Wrongful confinement and irresponsible power -- Epilogue.
Publication information
Publisher
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, UNSW Press Ltd., 2019.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
What happened when people went mad in the fledgling colony of New South Wales? In this important new history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, we find out through the correspondence of tireless colonial secretaries, the brazen language of lawyers and judges and firebrand politicians, and heartbreaking letters from siblings, par...
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Full title
Bedlam at Botany Bay / James Dunk.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/2859 , H 2019/3637
Record Identifier
74VKa3qLVeXM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa3qLVeXM
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ISBN
9781742236179 (paperback)
DDC
616.8900994
MMS ID
991024404821902626
