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Transportation was , next to death , the most severe punishment known to the
criminal law and as such was intended to serve the ends of all punishment -
namely to purge , to deter , and to reform . Of these three , the contemporaries ...
Transportation was , next to death , the most severe punishment known to the
criminal law and as such was intended to serve the ends of all punishment -
namely to purge , to deter , and to reform . Of these three , the contemporaries ...
Page 238
... and the convicts.1 At the base of the social pyramid were the men and women
undergoing the punishment of transportation , a punishment of exile and forced
labour designed to punish , to reform , and to provide a work force for the colony .
... and the convicts.1 At the base of the social pyramid were the men and women
undergoing the punishment of transportation , a punishment of exile and forced
labour designed to punish , to reform , and to provide a work force for the colony .
Page 242
Paradoxically , this reduced the terrors of transportation as a punishment , while
creating a more favourable material setting for their reformation . Also , although
the government issued a clothing ration for both men and women in government
...
Paradoxically , this reduced the terrors of transportation as a punishment , while
creating a more favourable material setting for their reformation . Also , although
the government issued a clothing ration for both men and women in government
...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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aborigines Account appointed arrived August Australia Bathurst began behaviour believed Bigge Bligh Botany British called Captain Catholic cause character Church civilization coast Collins colony command conduct convicts Cook court December Diemen's Land discovery Dutch early east emancipists England English established European evidence February followed Governor granted hand Hobart honour hope House human hundred Hunter Ibid idea inhabitants instructions interest Island January John Johnston Journal Judge July June King labour letter Library lived London Lord Macarthur Macquarie March Marsden military mind moral natives November observed October officers Parramatta persons Phillip Port presented Protestant punishment received religion respect Reverend sailed seas September settlement settlers ships society South Wales spirits Sydney Cove Sydney Gazette told Town trade transportation voyage women wrote
Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2019 |
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