The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn.
The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn.
The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn.
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Publisher
Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/6033 , 994.4202/11 , H 2020/1687
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Terminology and naming -- Maps -- Introduction: a hidden valley -- The Valley -- First contact -- A convict outpost -- As fine a country as imagination can form -- The land rush -- Working on the frontier -- Living on Country -- Resistance and reprisals -- A landscape of violence -- Convict revolt a...
Publication information
Publisher
Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2020.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre. In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were...
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The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020.
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G 2020/6033 , 994.4202/11 , H 2020/1687
Record Identifier
74VKaqNmqa3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaqNmqa3M
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ISBN
1760528641 (paperback)
9781760528645 (paperback)
DDC
994.4202
MMS ID
991024328415902626
