Bone and beauty : the Ribbon Boys' rebellion /

A new perspective on a dramatic moment in Australian colonial history. October 1830 Rebelling from years of maltreatment and starvation, a band of Ribbon Boys liberate eighty convicts from Bathurst farms and lead them inland towards freedom. Governor Darling, fearing that others would also rise up,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Jeanette M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2020.
Temas:
Ribbon Boys.
1800-1899
Secret societies > Ireland.
Secret societies
Australia > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Australie > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Ireland
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Author biography
  • Title page
  • Imprint page
  • Contents
  • Map
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Chapter 1: The wages of rebellion
  • Chapter 2: The origin of rebellion
  • Chapter 3: Transportation
  • Chapter 4: Convict life
  • Chapter 5: Crimes and punishments
  • Chapter 6: Tales of rebels
  • Chapter 7: Freedom to move
  • Chapter 8: Bolters and banditti
  • Chapter 9: Rise of the Ribbon Boys
  • Chapter 10: Murderous insurgents
  • Chapter 11: A terrible gaiety
  • Chapter 12: Vigilantes and volunteers
  • Chapter 13: Mounted police
  • Chapter 14: A military pursuit
  • Chapter 15: Trust and treachery
  • Chapter 16: Going beyond the limits
  • Chapter 17: Death or liberty
  • Chapter 18: Rounding up rebels
  • Chapter 19: Faith and Fathers
  • Chapter 20: Trial by military jury
  • Chapter 21: Conscience and consequences
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgements
  • Select bibliography
  • Author's notes.

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