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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding is a 1986 book by Robert Hughes. It provides a history of the early years of British colonisation of Australia, and especially the history and social effects of Britain's convict transportation system.
12 de dic. de 1986 · The Fatal Shore chronicles the 80-year period beginning in 1787 during which the British government colonized Australia by transporting convicted criminals from the British Isles. Fear of crime and the belief in a “criminal class” prompted changes in British laws.
12 de feb. de 1988 · The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding. Paperback – Unabridged, February 12, 1988. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today.
Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to...
24 de ene. de 2022 · An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia.
11 de ene. de 2012 · The Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding. Kindle Edition. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today.
Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to life the history of the country we thought we knew.
