Convicts: Transportation and Australia by Michael Bogle with foreword by Hon Justice Michael Kirby

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Significane wear to edges and corners, particularlyfront cover tail right corner. Interior and binding are still very good.

This book explores issues surrounding the transportation of convicts to Australia and places the practice in an international context. It discusses convict labour and skills, the diet of prisoners, the British military's role in the penal settlement, the activities of the Female Factory system and the struggle to bring convict transportation to a conclusion.

Originally written to accompany the 1999 Convicts exhibition at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum.