Title The foundation of Australia, 1786-1800 : a study in English criminal practice and penal colonization in the eighteenth century / by Eris O'Brien; with an introduction by Douglas Woodruff

Published London : Sheed and Ward, 1937

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Description xiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Includes index Summary Includes part of the Instructions to Governor Phillip "... the aboriginals of the country were to be conciliated and protected" p. 200, 206; describes the environment as "... sparsely inhabited by tribes of aboriginals, treacherous, primitive and absolutely unacquainted with any form of agriculture or housing construction" p. 216; states that of the 65 deaths in the first year of settlement "... four had been killed by the natives" p. 231; due to the food shortage Phillip "... had to hide the fact of distress from the aboriginals lest they take advantage of the weakness of the people" p. 237; mentions that absconders from the colony were sometimes "... killed by aboriginals" p. 265; mentions, when a man was hanged, the body provoked "... terror among the natives, who abandoned the hunting-ground for ever" p. 330; lists possible disasters to the colony "... attacks of the natives" p. 349 Analysis Australia - History - 1788-1851 Criminology - Great Britain Exiles - Australia Penal colonies - Australia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 409-425 with bibliographical notes Subject Criminals -- Great Britain. Exiles -- Australia. Criminology -- Great Britain. Penal colonies -- Australia. Penal transportation -- Great Britain. Prisoners -- Australia. Prisoners. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Exiles Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1788-1800 Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591

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