The Infant Colony -- London 1783 -- Chinmneysweep to Convict -- Perceptions of Childhood -- Newgate Prison--An Entrance to Hell -- A Nursery of Crime -- A Celebrated First Fleet Family -- A Floating Nursey -- Voyage and Landfall -- The Infant Colony Christened -- Norfolk Island -- The Devil at Botany Bay -- Family Blessings -- John Hudson: In Memoriam - Afterword - Notes -- A Biographical Index of Children of the First Fleet -- Checklist of Children -- Select Bibliography
Summary
Social conditions in London for children in 1783 - Newgate Prison - Conditions on board ship - Landfall - Norfolk Island - Botany Bay - John Hudson