Full Record

Back to Search Results
The convict years : transportation and the penal system, 1788-1868 / [by] Margaret Weidenhofer.
Record no.:
6405
Author:
Weidenhofer, Maggie, 1941-;
Publisher:
Melbourne :: Lansdowne,
Year:
1973.
Description:
142 pages : illustrations, maps, color plates, tables ; 26 x 30 cm
Subject:
Penal colonies - Great Britain - History.;
Prisoners - Australia - History.;
Convict labor - Australia - History.;
Penal colonies - Australia.;
Prisoners.;
Penal colonies.;
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0701803444 9780701803445 0701802480 9780701802486;
Abstract:
Discusses the origins of the convict system, the arguments for and against its continuance, the operations of the various penal settlements, the work and life of convicts in the assignment system, escapes and punishments, the convict ships, governors,
settlers and famous convicts. Over 150 contemporary illustrations, many of them previously unpublished, complete this magnificent and signification historical volume.
more...
Item availability
Reserve
{ 1 } items found
Location
Collection
Shelf No
Status
Date Due
Year
Volume
Part
1
Reading Room
General Collection
365.994 / WEID
On Shelf

Similar Items