Building a Colony: The Convict Legacy: Studies in Western Australian History 24 edited by Jacqui Sherriff and Anne Brake

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

For anyone interested in the convicts and their legacy in Western Australia, this issue of Studies in Western Australian History is not to be missed. It contains articles that address the journey of the convicts to the colony, detail case studies highlighting different aspects of the convict experience, demonstrate the legacy of the convicts' labour in building the colony, discuss the surprising lack of debate and research into the convict era in WA and supply reference and research tools to assist anyone in delving into the archives to trace a convict themselves. (Trove)

Contents:

1. Journeying the punishment: convicts and their punitive journeys to Western Australia 1850-1868 by Peter Millett
2. The voyage of the Racehorse 1865 by Sir William Heseltine
3. The control and coercion of convicts by Mathew Trinca
4. Alfred Daniel Letch: a white-collar convict by Sandra Potter
5. Convictism in Greenough by Simon Stevens
6. A class of utterly useless men: convict lunatics in Western Australia by Margaret McPherson
7. The convict places of Western Australia by Martin Gibbs
8. Writing about convicts in Western Australia by Bob Reece
9. Tracing your Western Australian convict by Beverley Iffla