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The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 / Robert Hughes.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
994.02 HUGH	Adult Non Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .
994 HUG	Adult Non Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0099459159
Name	Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012
Title	The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 / Robert Hughes.
Published	London : Vintage, 2003.
Description	xvi, 688 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Notes	Bibliography: p. 656-670.
Summary	"Description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system." - cover.
Subjects	Penal colonies -- Australia -- History
	Convicts -- Australia -- History
	Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 . Convicts -- Australia -- History . Penal colonies -- Australia -- History . Authors: Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012 .