The fatal shore

a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868

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Robert Hughes: The fatal shore (1987, Collins Harvill)

688 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1987 by Collins Harvill.

ISBN:
978-0-00-217361-2
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Incredibly rich and detailed account of the first white settlers that arrived in Australia, and what they found when they arrived. Riveting.

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Subjects

  • Penal colonies -- Australia -- History.
  • Exiles -- Australia -- History.
  • Australia -- History -- 1788-1900.