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Australia's birthstain : the startling legacy of the convict era

A groundbreaking history of convicts in Australia which lays bare the distortions and myths that caused the nation to deny its own past
eBook, English, 2008
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W., 2008
History
1 online resource (viii, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
9781741768671, 9781741155846, 1741768675, 1741155843
557091763
Also by the author; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of maps; Introduction; Chapter 1
Something to Hide; Chapter 2
Amnesia; Chapter 3
An Amazing Cast of Characters; Chapter 4
A Convict Community; Chapter 5
Outward bound; Chapter 6
The Bathurst Road; Chapter 7
An Unclean Thing; Chapter 8
A Pervading Stain; Chapter 9
Best Forgotten; Chapter 10
Distinctions of Moral Breed; Chapter 11
The Lost World; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index