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The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier /

The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre. In 17...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, Mark, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Terminology and naming
  • Maps
  • Introduction: a hidden valley
  • The Valley
  • First contact
  • A convict outpost
  • As fine a country as imagination can form
  • The land rush
  • Working on the frontier
  • Living on Country
  • Resistance and reprisals
  • A landscape of violence
  • Convict revolt and ruined reputations
  • The convict valley.