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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Usage -- Map of Convict Transportation -- INTRODUCTION: EMPIRE OF CHAINS -- 1 A HISTORY WITH MANY LINKS -- 2 KIDNAPPERS, SPIRITS AND SOUL DRIVERS -- 3 TRAITORS AND DECEIVERS -- 4 THE BODY TRADE -- 5 A RACE OF CONVICTS -- 6 THIS SOLITARY WASTE -- 7 CRUEL TYRANNY -- 8 THE DEVIL'S ISLES -- 9 ONE VAST CHARNEL HOUSE -- 10 RIVER OF TEARS -- 11 THE END OF THE CHAIN? -- Timeline -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Graham Seal brings to life the brutal Australian convict transportation system with stories of notorious criminals, colourful characters, and harsh punishments. There were also happy endings for the men and women for whom transportation was an opportunity to start afresh in a new land.
In: EBL ebooks online
In: Anthem World History
This book provides an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places.
In: Anthem world history
This book provides an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places
In: Applied folklore research study 1
In: Labour history: a journal of labour and social history, Issue 85, p. 258
ISSN: 1839-3039
In: Labour history: a journal of labour and social history, Issue 80, p. 237
ISSN: 1839-3039