| Description |
xiii, 353 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- PART I At home: 1 The 'luxury' of peace -- 2 The inequality of mercy -- PART II Crimes of the Calcutta convicts: 3 Land thieves and water thieves -- 4 Exiles and ex-service -- 5 The mutiny at Gibraltar -- 6 Cambridge capers -- 7 A thread of Threadneedle Street -- PART III The camp at Sullivan Bay: 8 A fishy story -- 9 The governor and the chaplain -- 10 A long sea voyage -- 11 Water, water everywhere -- 12 'A coalition of banditti' -- 13 Officers, 'gentlemen' and a lady -- 14 In black and white -- 15 The Royal Mail gets through -- 16 War clouds -- 17 Law and outlaw -- 18 Abandonment -- PART IV The Hobart town of David Collins: 19 Journey's end -- 20 The return of the Ocean -- 21 Settling in -- 22 The hungry years -- 23 Chasing the whale -- 24 Colonial crime --25 The pirates were not penitents -- 26 The enemies within -- 27 The friend and father of them all -- PART V From camp to colony: 28 The family way -- 29 Crime marches on -- 30 The leisure hours -- 31 Putting down roots -- 32 Drowning their sorrows -- 33 Violence on the frontier -- 34 Sealers and sailors --35 Macquarie Land and beyond -- 36 Convicts unbound -- 37 A convict in the cupboard -- Biographies -- APPENDICES: Appendix A Shipping personnel -- Appendix B Marine personnel -- Appendix C Civil officers and their families -- Appendix D Settlers and their families who left England aboard the Ocean -- Appendix E Deaths prior to removal from Port Philip, 20 May 1804 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Map on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 337-344 |
| Subject |
Calcutta (Ship)
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Convict ships -- Australia.
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Convict ships.
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Prisoners -- Australia -- Biography.
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Prisoners -- Australia.
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Penal colonies -- Australia.
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Prisoners -- Transportation.
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| SUBJECT |
Tasmania -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004479
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| LC no. |
67090068 |
| ISBN |
0670900680 |
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