The luck of the Irish how a shipload of convicts survived the wreck of the Hive to make a new life in Australia Smith, Babette 1942- creator author. text History. xna 2014 monographic eng print xi, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 24 cm. 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. adult Babette Smith. Includes bibliographical references and index. u-at--- u-at-ne Shipwrecks Australia History Penal transportation Australia New South Wales History Irish Australia History 19th century Australia History 19th century 1800 - 1899 fast Irish Penal transportation Shipwrecks Australia New South Wales DU115 .S65 2014 994.02 9781742378121 (paperback) 1742378129 (paperback) AU@ 140408 20170928135159.0 in00003594181 eng