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North American colonies had been begun to deter wicked and evil disposed
persons from committing crimes , and to provide labour for the colonies . Convicts
sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors
who ...
North American colonies had been begun to deter wicked and evil disposed
persons from committing crimes , and to provide labour for the colonies . Convicts
sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping contractors
who ...
Page 241
21 In the same year the labour at the outer settlements of Newcastle , Norfolk
Island , Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple was confined to the production of food ,
public works , and , in the case of the two new settlements of Hobart Town and
Port ...
21 In the same year the labour at the outer settlements of Newcastle , Norfolk
Island , Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple was confined to the production of food ,
public works , and , in the case of the two new settlements of Hobart Town and
Port ...
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hours , was incompatible with the punishment of forced labour . So between the
incentives and indulgences on the one hand and coercion or the use of the lash
on the other , the men in charge of convict labour pursued their Sisyphean task of
...
hours , was incompatible with the punishment of forced labour . So between the
incentives and indulgences on the one hand and coercion or the use of the lash
on the other , the men in charge of convict labour pursued their Sisyphean task of
...
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Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 5 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
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| 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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
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