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_b.S43 2017
100 1 _aSeal, Graham,
_d1950-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGreat convict stories :
_bdramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years /
_cGraham Seal.
264 1 _aCrows Nest, NSW :
_bAllen & Unwin,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource (305 pages) :
_bmap
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRecord machine-generated from publisher information.
500 _aPrologue: Lashland Introduction 1. Unpromising Beginnings 2. Perilous Voyages 3. The Convict Underworld 4. The System 5. Pain and Suffering 6. Troublemakers 7. Places of Condemnation 8. Desperate Escapes 9. The Felonry 10. A Convict Stain Appendix Glossary Notes and Sources Further Reading Acknowledgements.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _a'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' Warren Fahey AM Graham Seal takes us back to Australia's ignominious beginnings, when a hungry child could be transported to the other side of the globe for the theft of a handkerchief. It was a time when men were flogged till they bled for a minor misdemeanour, or forced to walk the treadmill for hours. Teams in iron chains carved roads through sandstone cliffs with hand picks, and men could select wives from a line up at the Female Factory. From the notorious prison regimes at Norfolk Island, Port Arthur and Macquarie Harbour, came chilling accounts of cruelty, murder and even cannibalism. Despite the often harsh conditions, many convicts served their prison terms and built successful lives for themselves and their families. With a cast of colourful characters from around the country: the real Artful Dodger, intrepid bushrangers like Martin Cash and Moondyne Joe, and the legendary nurse Margaret Catchpole, Great Convict Stories offers a fascinating insight into life in Australia's first decades.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPenal colonies.
650 0 _aPrisoners
_zAustralia.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSeal, Graham.
_tGreat convict stories : dramatic and moving tales from Australia's brutal early years.
_dCrows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017
_h284 pages ; 24 cm
_z9781760297787
_w(DLC)20420703
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5144772
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