Aboriginal convicts : Australian, Khoisan, and Maori exiles /
Kristyn Harman.
Bok Engelsk 2012 Kristyn. Harman,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Sydney : : University of New South Wales Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (337 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Terminology; Preface; Introduction; I. NEW SOUTH WALES; 1. Banishing Musquito, Bull Dog and Duall; 2. Diverging destinies; 3. Jackey's pitiful state; 4. Dancing in defiance; 5. Exiled to Goat Island; 6. Driving out the white fellows; 7. The hanging judge; 8. Exemplary punishments at Port Phillip; 9. Sentences to 'instil terror'; 10. Aboriginal deaths in custody; 11.A less destructive alternative; II. THE CAPE COLONY; 12. From the 'Cockatoo of Cape Town' to Sydney; 13.Indicted for the crime of theft; 14. Mutiny and desertion. - 15. 'Black Peter' the bushrangerIII. NEW ZEALAND; 16. In open rebellion; 17. A merciful alternative; 18. Repatriating Hohepa Te Umuroa, 1988; Conclusion; Notes; Index. - Revealing the forgotten stories of Aboriginal convicts, this book describes how they lived, labored, were punished, and died. Profiling several of the 130 Aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies, this collection features the journeys of Aboriginal warriors Bulldog and Musquito, Maori warrior Hohepa Te Umuroa, and Khoisan soldier Booy Piet.
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| ISBN | 1-74224-608-7
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