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The luck of the Irish : how a shipload of convicts survived the wreck of the Hive to make a new life in Australia /

The author of the bestselling Cargo of Women and Australia's Birthstain tracks the lives of Irish convicts. The luck of the Irish was chronic bad luck, as their sad history attests. That's how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the Hive, sank ignominiously off the NSW coast...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Babette, 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2014.
Subjects:
Shipwrecks > Australia > History.
Penal transportation > Australia > New South Wales > History.
Irish > Australia > History > 19th century.
Australia > History > 19th century.
History.
1800 - 1899
Irish.
Penal transportation.
Shipwrecks.
Australia.
New South Wales.
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Summary:The author of the bestselling Cargo of Women and Australia's Birthstain tracks the lives of Irish convicts. The luck of the Irish was chronic bad luck, as their sad history attests. That's how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the Hive, sank ignominiously off the NSW coast in 1835. Miraculously all survived.
Physical Description:xi, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781742378121 (paperback)
1742378129 (paperback)