Introduction1. The Beginning of Transportation2. The First Three Fleets3. The Trauma of Exile4. Who were the Convicts?5. 'Little depraved felons' - Child Convicts6. Keeping Order7. The Surgeon's Tale8. New Lives for Old Conclusion - Towards the End of Transportation Sources - in the UK and Australian National Archives, and elsewhere Bibliography
Alan Brooke is a Senior Lecturer in History at Peterborough College and David Brandon is an adult education lecturer and Historical Consultant to Hilton
'If you feel the need for a sober but riveting account of the reality of staying alive on a convict ship, or being a child born in the new colonies, or being under the surgeon's knife as injuries or new diseases fell throusands, this book is it - though you might want to save it for after lunch.' --Your Family Tree
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