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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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By 1798 the shortage of labour caused by the very few convicts arriving between 1794 and 1797 , as well as by the everpressing need to reduce the cost to government of the maintenance of convicts , caused the Duke of Portland to ...
By 1798 the shortage of labour caused by the very few convicts arriving between 1794 and 1797 , as well as by the everpressing need to reduce the cost to government of the maintenance of convicts , caused the Duke of Portland to ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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