Convicts and the Colonies: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other Parts of the British Empire.
Author: SHAW, A. G. L.
Ireland: Irish Historical Press, 1998. 399 pages. Paperback.
CONTENTS:-
Preface.
References and Abbreviations.
Introduction.
1. Crime and Transportation before the American Revolution.
2. The Beginning of Transportation to Australia.
3. Early Years in New South Wales.
4. Governor Macquarie.
5. The Voyage.
6. Controversy in England, 1810-30.
7. Who were the Convicts? - Great Britain.
8. Who were the Convicts? - Ireland.
9. Increasing Severity.
10. Prisons without Bars.
11. Deterrence and Economy, 1826-1837.
12. New Projects in Penology, 1837-1843.
13. Break-down in Van Diemen’s Land.
14. Earl Grey’s Exiles.
15. The End of Transportation.
Appendix: The Numbers Transported.
Select Bibliography.
Index.
ISBN: 1902057023
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