Title Maconochie's experiment / John Clay

Published London : John Murray, 2001

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Description viii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm regular print Contents 1 Voyage out - 2 Transportation - 3 Convict life - 4 Bound for Australia - 5 Change of direction - 6 Norfolk Island - 7 Tour of inspection - 8 Queen Victoria's birthday - 9 Maconochie's first year - 10 Unfavourable reports - 11 Scandalous allegations - 12 Gipps's visit - 13 Recall - 14 Back in Britain Summary In 1840 Australia was full of transported convicts, and Norfolk Island was a prison of "ultimate terror". This volume tells the story of Governor of Norfolk Island from 1840-1843, Alexander Machonochie and how he introduced changes and improved conditions for the prisoners Analysis Prisoners Norfolk Island Criminal rehabilitation Prison conditions Reform Governors Biography History, 1801-1900 Maconochie, Alexander Penal colonies - Norfolk Island - History - 19th century Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860 Penal colonies - Great Britain - History - 19th century Norfolk Island - History - 19th century Notes Cover subtitle: "How one man's extraordinary vision saved transported convicts from degradation and despair" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Maconochie, Alexander, 1787-1860. Prisoners -- Norfolk Island. Prison reformers -- Norfolk Island. Penal colonies -- Norfolk Island. Prisoners -- Transportation -- Australia -- History. Governors -- Norfolk Island. Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History. Prison wardens -- Australia -- Biography. Penal transportation -- Australia -- History. Air pilots -- Fiction. Penal colonies -- Norfolk Island -- History. Prison discipline -- Norfolk Island -- History. SUBJECT Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150421 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150421 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 Melanesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150421 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Genre/Form History. Biographies. Fiction. LC no. 2001536075 ISBN 0719560454 : 0719560535

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