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Botany Bay : the story of the convicts transported from Ireland to Australia, 1791-1853 / Con Costello.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cork : Mercier Press, 1987Description: 172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780853428084 pbk
  • 9780853428084 pbk
Subject(s): Summary: The story of 45,000 Irish convicts (men and women) transported to Australia between 1791 and 1853. The book investigates the social background of the period and the procedures under which the accused were tried, imprisoned and transported. Many of them eventually became prosperous and influential.
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The story of 45,000 Irish convicts (men and women) transported to Australia between 1791 and 1853. The book investigates the social background of the period and the procedures under which the accused were tried, imprisoned and transported. Many of them eventually became prosperous and influential.

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