Title Convicts : the foundation of modern Australia as a penal colony / Matthew Williams

Published Alexandria, NSW : Watts Pub. Australia & New Zealand, [2004] ©2004

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	994.02 Wil/Con		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	994.02 Wil/Con		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	994.02 Wil/Con		AVAILABLE

Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 28 cm regular print Series Shaping Australia Shaping Australia Contents Include: Origins of transportation Assembling the First Fleet The voyage out Sydney Cove and Parramatta -- Finding the site -- Ashore at last -- Early days and hard times -- Feeding the colony -- Temporary optimism -- Early developments -- Original inhabitants -- Improving conditions -- Second and third fleets -- Escapes and punishments -- New South Wales Corps -- The rum trade -- Rum Rebellion -- Macquarie era -- Free settlement -- Anti-transportation movement Convict Settlements -- Newcastle -- Port Macquarie -- Norfolk Island -- Van Diemen's Land -- Moreton Bay -- Port Phillip District -- Western Australia Summary The story of the foundation of Modern Australia as a penal colony. Ages 9+ Notes Cover title Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience For primary and older students Subject Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- History. Prisoners -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature. Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Genre/Form History. Juvenile works. Children's nonfiction ISBN 0864154895 paperback 0864154887

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