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