Title Botany Bay mirages : illusions of Australia's convict beginnings / Alan Frost

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1994

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Description ix, 279 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm Contents 1. Overcrowded Hulls, Fetid Sinks? -- 2. Strong Beginnings and Weak Endings? -- 3. Hopes for an Indefinite Future? -- 4. Figments of the Romantick Imagination? -- 5. A Fit of Absence of Mind? -- 6. An Indescribable Hopelessness and Confusion? -- 7. A Neglected Outpost? -- 8. 'No cheaper mode...?' -- 9. Our Original Aggression? -- 10. The Curse of Cain? --11. The Barren Years? Analysis Australia Discovery and exploration New South Wales History Penal colonies Australia New South Wales Penal colonies Great Britain Prisoners History Australia New South Wales Ex-convicts - Australia - New South Wales - History First Fleet, 1787-1788 New South Wales - Colonization New South Wales - Discovery and exploration - British New South Wales - History Penal colonies - Australia - New South Wales Penal colonies - Great Britain Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy. Fleet, First. Convict ships. Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales. Penal colonies -- Great Britain. Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales. Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales. Prisoners -- Transportation. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005254 -- British Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Colonization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Discovery and exploration -- British. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 1788-1851 New South Wales -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 LC no. 95111623 ISBN 0522844979

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