A History of Australia, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 60
Page 61
Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping
contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American
colonies, where they were sold again to plantation owners who acquired a
property in their ...
Convicts sentenced to transportation were sold by their gaolers to shipping
contractors who shipped them to the West Indies or the southern American
colonies, where they were sold again to plantation owners who acquired a
property in their ...
Page 64
So long as the War of Independence lasted the official policy was to make do with
such expedients as the hulks, until such time as an American surrender permitted
transportation to be renewed. On this the British remained doggedly sanguine.
So long as the War of Independence lasted the official policy was to make do with
such expedients as the hulks, until such time as an American surrender permitted
transportation to be renewed. On this the British remained doggedly sanguine.
Page 92
tolerable of evils, to reform the convicts and to provide labour for the colonies.6
Some claimed that the greatest benefit of transportation was that it removed the
criminal to a place where he could do no further harm.7 The interest of the mother
...
tolerable of evils, to reform the convicts and to provide labour for the colonies.6
Some claimed that the greatest benefit of transportation was that it removed the
criminal to a place where he could do no further harm.7 The interest of the mother
...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 3 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
14 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aborigines acres appointed April arrived Atkins August Australia Batavia began behaviour believed Bigge Appendix Bligh Botany Bay British Campbell Canberra Cape Captain Castlereagh Catholic Church coast Collins colony convicts Cook court December Diemen's Land discovery Dutch emancipists encl England European February Flinders Foveaux gaol Government House Governor granted Hawkesbury Hobart Town honour hope human hundred Hunter Ibid inhabitants Irish January John Macarthur Johnston Journal Judge Advocate July June King labour letter Lieutenant-Governor London Lord Macquarie to Bathurst Macquarie's magistrate Majesty's March military officers mind Mitchell Library moral natives Norfolk Island November October Oxley pardon Parramatta Paterson persons Phillip Port Dalrymple Port Jackson Protestant Protestant ascendancy punishment Quiros religion Reverend Samuel Marsden sailed Samuel Marsden sentenced September settlement settlers ships Simeon Lord society south seas South Wales South Wales Corps Southland Sydney Cove Sydney Gazette Tasman Tench terra australis trade transportation voyage women wrote