Brooke, Alan.

Bound for Botany Bay : British convict voyages to Australia / British convict voyages to Australia Alan Brooke and David Brandon. - Kew, Vic. : National Archives, 2005. - 272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Illustrations on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The beginning of transportation -- The first three fleets -- The trauma of exile -- Who were the convicts? -- Child convicts -- Keeping order -- Staying alive on the convict ships -- The surgeon's tale -- The promised land -- Towards the end of transportation.

Between 1787 and 1868, 162,000 people packed into 806 ships were transported to the colony of Australia. This book follows their story, from courtroom to convict ship to colonial life.

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1700 - 1899


Transportation of convicts--Australia.
First Fleet, 1787-1788.
Transportation of convicts--History--Australia--18th century.
Transportation of convicts--History--Australia--19th century.
Convict ships.
Convict ships--History.--Great Britain
Convicts--History--Australia--1788-1851.
Prisoners, Transportation of--History.--Australia
Prisoners, Transportation of--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Prisoners, Transportation of--History.--Great Britain
Prisoners, Transportation of--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Penal colonies--History--Australia--19th century.
Penal transportation--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Penal colonies--History--Australia--18th century.
Penal transportation--History.--Great Britain
Penal colonies--History.--Australia
Prisoners--History.--Australia
Penal transportation--Australia.
British--History--Australia--18th century.
Penal transportation--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Penal colonies--Australia.
Penal colonies--History.--Australia
Prisoners--History.--Australia
Penal transportation--History.--Australia
British--History--Australia--19th century.
British--Australia.
British.
Penal colonies.
Penal transportation.
Prisoners, Transportation of--History--19th century.--England


Australia--Social conditions--1788-1851.
Australia--History--1788-1851.
Australia--History--1788-1851.
Australia.
Great Britain.
Australia--Colonization--History.
Australia--History--1788-1900.
Australia--Emigration and immigration--History.
Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History.
Australia, New South Wales--Emigration and immigration--History.


History.

HV8950.A8 / B76 2005

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