| ISBN |
9781760528645 (paperback) |
| 1760528641 (paperback) |
| Name |
Dunn, Mark author. |
| Title |
The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn. |
| Published |
Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
viii, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre. In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present-day Newcastle. They were taken in by the Worimi people, given Aboriginal names and started families. Thus began a long and at times dramatic series of encounters between Aboriginal people and convicts in the second penal settlement in Australia. The fertile valley of the Hunter River was the first area outside the Sydney basin explored by the British, and it became one of the largest penal settlements. Today manicured lawns and prosperous vineyards hide the struggle, violence and toil of the thousands of convicts who laid its foundations. The Convict Valley uncovers this rich colonial past, as well as the story of the original Aboriginal landholders. While there were friendships and alliances in the early years, in the later scramble for land in the 1820s - as the Valley was opened to free settlers - tensions rose and bloodshed ensued. With fascinating stories about convicts, white settlers and the Aboriginal inhabitants that have long been forgotten, The Convict Valley is a new Australian history classic. |
| Subjects |
Prisoners -- Australia -- History -- 18th century |
| Escaped prisoners -- Australia -- History -- 18th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- 18th century |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History -- 18th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 18th century |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- New South Wales -- 18th century |
| Frontier and pioneer life -- New South Wales -- 18th century |
| Racially mixed families -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century |
| Interracial friendship -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century |
| Race relations -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century |
| Penal colonies -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History -- 18th century |
| Penal colonies -- New South Wales -- Hunter River Valley -- History -- 18th century |
| Land settlement -- New South Wales -- Hunter River Valley -- History -- 18th century |
| Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 |
| Australia -- Race relations -- 18th century |
| Australia -- Race relations -- 19th century |
| Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.) -- History -- 18th century |
| Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th century |
| New South Wales -- History -- 18th century |
| New South Wales -- History -- 19th century |
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