| Description |
1 online resource (71 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Dedication & Acknowledgements -- Title page -- Map -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1: IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED: Moondyne Joe's Story -- FUN FACTS: Rascally Runaways -- CHAPTER 2: DON'T CALL ME A PIRATE: James Porter's Story -- FUN FACTS: Water, water everywhere -- CHAPTER 3: LEAPING TO FREEDOM: Billy Hunt's Story -- FUN FACTS: The prison at Port Arthur -- CHAPTER 4: HELP FROM THE LOCALS: William Buckley's Story -- FUN FACTS: Off to the bush -- CHAPTER 5: RESCUED: James Wilson's Story -- FUN FACTS: Irish convicts -- CHAPTER 6: A FAMILY ESCAPE: Mary Bryant's Story |
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FUN FACTS: Women convicts -- CHAPTER 7: NEVER SEEN AGAIN: Edward Ryder's Story -- FUN FACTS: Convicts and the goldrushes -- Australia's Convict Prisons -- Glossary -- Further Research -- Answers: Tall Tale or True? -- Index |
| Summary |
Full of crims, crooks and rascally runaways, this fun and light-hearted non-fiction title is a colourful celebration of our convict past Meet the convicts behind Australia's most rascally, dastardly prison escapes. Gifted geniuses or total goofballs? You be the judge! Featuring Moondyne Joe, Mary Bryant, and a guy who put on a kangaroo skin and hopped away (literally), this fun and engaging collection brings our country's early colonial past to life |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2023) |
| Subject |
Escaped prisoners -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
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Penal colonies -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
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Escaped prisoners
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Penal colonies
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilson, Brent, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781761064456 |
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1761064452 |
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