Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

The fatal shore /

Hughes, Robert, 1938-

The fatal shore / - 1st American ed. - New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1987, c1986. - xvi, 688, [41] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 656-670.

Harbor and the exiles -- Horse foaled by an acorn -- Geographical unconscious -- Starvation years -- Voyage -- Who were the convicts? -- Bolters and bushrangers -- Bunters, mollies and Sable Brethren -- Government stroke -- Gentlemen of New South Wales -- Plough Van Diemen's land -- Metastasis -- Norfolk Island -- Toward abolition -- Special scourge -- Aristocracy be we -- End of the season -- Index.

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Exiles--History.--Australia
Penal colonies--History.--Australia
Colonies p�enitentiaires--Histoire.--Australie
Strafkoloni�en.


Australia--History--1788-1900.
Australie--Histoire--1788-1900.
Australie--Exil�es--Histoire.
8.010.

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