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Aboriginal convicts : Aborigines, Khoisan and Maori exiles in the Australian penal colonies /

Revealing the forgotten stories of Aboriginal convicts, this book describes how they lived, labored, were punished, and died. Profiling several of the 130 Aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies, this collection features the journeys of Aboriginal warrior...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harman, Kristyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Terminology; Preface; Introduction; I. NEW SOUTH WALES; 1. Banishing Musquito, Bull Dog and Duall; 2. Diverging destinies; 3. Jackey's pitiful state; 4. Dancing in defiance; 5. Exiled to Goat Island; 6. Driving out the white fellows; 7. The hanging judge; 8. Exemplary punishments at Port Phillip; 9. Sentences to 'instil terror'; 10. Aboriginal deaths in custody; 11.A less destructive alternative; II. THE CAPE COLONY; 12. From the 'Cockatoo of Cape Town' to Sydney; 13. Indicted for the crime of theft; 14. Mutiny and desertion.
  • 15. 'Black Peter' the bushrangerIII. NEW ZEALAND; 16. In open rebellion; 17. A merciful alternative; 18. Repatriating Hohepa Te Umuroa, 1988; Conclusion; Notes; Index.