| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Between 1850 and 1868, approximately 10,000 British convicts were transported to Western Australia, in one of the final phases of global penal transportation. The arrival of these men utterly transformed the small Swan River Colony, bringing capital, labour, population influx, and contact with the outside world. Yet their contribution has been downplayed in Western Australian history, outweighed by a sense of shame that the first free Australian colony requested voluntary conversion to penal status in order to survive. This book, based on the author's PhD research in archaeology, investigates t. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Penal colonies -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1900.
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Archaeology. |
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History. |
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Society & social sciences. |
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HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand. |
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Penal colonies |
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Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM |
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Western Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRtV7KVHyjFBFDWY33XM |
| Chronological Term |
1788-1900 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Winter, Sean. Transforming the colony. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 9781443879675 (OCoLC)987345871 |
| ISBN |
9781527502727 (electronic bk.) |
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1527502724 (electronic bk.) |
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9781443879675 |
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1443879673 |
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