The fatal shore /
An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. : New York :
Knopf ; Distributed by Random House,
1987, ©1986.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Basbanes collection copy is inscribed to Nicholas Basbanes by the author and is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection of Inscribed Books. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 688, [41] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 656-670) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0394506685 9780394506685 |