Early Australian History. Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Convict Transportation, Penal Colonies, and Early Australian SettlementBy Charles White
Length23h 24m
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Early Australian History. Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land offers a vivid documentary account of transportation, penal discipline, assignment, bushranging, and the harsh machinery by which Britain's imperial law shaped colonial society. Written in a plain yet forceful narrative style, the work belongs to the late-nineteenth-century tradition of popular colonial historiography, combining archival detail, anecdote, moral reflection, and dramatic reconstruction to make the convict era intelligible to a broad readership. Charles White, an Australian journalist, editor, and historian, was deeply engaged with the recovery of colonial memory at a time when Australia was reconsidering its origins. His professional habits as a newspaperman—attention to testimony, incident, and public record—inform the book's method. White wrote when the stigma of convict ancestry was still powerful, yet historical curiosity was beginning to replace silence, enabling a more candid examination of penal foundations. This book is recommended for readers interested in Australian colonial history, crime and punishment, empire, and the social origins of settlement. Though shaped by its period's assumptions, it remains a valuable and accessible introduction to the lived realities and enduring consequences of the convict system.
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Length23 hrs 24 mins
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Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Early Australian History. Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
3INTRODUCTORY.
4PART. I.——The Story of the Ten Governors.
5CHAPTER. I.—GOVERNOR PHILLIP—1787 to 1792.
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6CHAPTER II.—THE. INTERREGNUM—1792 to 1795.
7CHAPTER. III.—GOVERNOR HUNTER.—1795 to 1800.
8CHAPTER. IV.—GOVERNOR KING.—1800 to 1806.
9CHAPTER. V.—GOVERNOR BLIGH.—1806 to 1809.
10CHAPTER. VI.—GOVERNOR MACQUARIE—1809 to 1821.
11CHAPTER. VII.—GOVERNOR BRISBANE—1821 to 1825.
12THE INTERREGNUM.
13CHAPTER. VIII.—GOVERNOR DARLING—1825 to 1831.
14CHAPTER. IX.—GOVERNOR BOURKE—1831 to 1838.
15CHAPTER. X.—GOVERNOR GIPPS—1838 to 1846.
16CHAPTER. XI.—GOVERNOR FITZROY—1846 to 1855.
17CHAPTER XII.—STATISTICAL. EPITOME.
18[END OF PART I.]
19PART II.——The. Story of the Convicts.
20CHAPTER I.—ORIGIN OF. TRANSPORTATION.
21CHAPTER II.—THE. ENGLISH CRIMINAL CODE.
22CHAPTER III.—THE. VOYAGE OF THE FIRST FLEET.
23CHAPTER. IV.—NAMES AND SENTENCES OF THE "FIRST FLEETERS."
24TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE.
25TRANSPORTED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.
26TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YEARS.
27CHAPTER. V.—LABOURS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE EARLY CONVICTS.
28CHAPTER VI.—ATTEMPTS TO. ESCAPE.
29CHAPTER VII.—LIFE. ON BOARD CONVICT SHIPS.
30CHAPTER VIII.—AFTER. LANDING.
31CHAPTER IX.—THE ASSIGNMENT. SYSTEM.
32CHAPTER. X.—TICKETS-OF-LEAVE.
33Form of Application for Ticket.
34"Statement of the service of John——— by. Ship————-
35"Applicant for a Ticket of Leave for the District. of———-
36FORM OF PASS.
37CHAPTER XI.—CONDITIONAL. PARDONS.
38NEW SOUTH WALES.
39Conditional Pardon.
40CHAPTER XII.—THE FEMALE. CONVICTS.
41CHAPTER XIII.—THE FEMALE. FACTORY.
42CHAPTER XIV.—BARRACK. LIFE.
43CHAPTER XV.—ROAD. PARTIES & IRONED GANGS.
44CHAPTER XVI.—NORFOLK. ISLAND. (pt. 1)
45CHAPTER XVI.—NORFOLK. ISLAND. (pt. 2)
46CHAPTER XVII.—VAN DIEMEN'S. LAND.
47CHAPTER XVIII.—A HORRIBLE. STORY.
48CHAPTER XIX.—A FREE. RUFFIAN.
49CHAPTER XX.—REMARKABLE. CONVICTS.
50THE SCOTCH MARTYRS.
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