Vandemonians : The Repressed History of Colonial Victoria.
It was meant to be 'Victoria the Free', uncontaminated by the Convict Stain. Yet they came in their tens of thousands as soon as they were cut free or able to bolt. More than half of all those transported to Van Diemen's Land as convicts would one day settle or spend time in Victoria....
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Melbourne University Publishing,
2021.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.1176861 |
Sommario:
- INTRODUCTION: Buzzwinker
- CHAPTER 1 Pleas in Mitigation
- CHAPTER 2 Prisoners: Under the Paper Panopticon
- CHAPTER 3 Cut Free
- CHAPTER 4 Topsy-turvy
- CHAPTER 5 Romeo Lane
- CHAPTER 6 Diggers
- CHAPTER 7 The Road to Kyneton
- CHAPTER 8 Mothers and Fathers and Their Children
- CHAPTER 9 Secrets and Lies
- CHAPTER 10 Final Verdict
- APPENDIX A: Founders and Survivors Ships Project Data
- APPENDIX B: Biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.