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The commonwealth of thieves / Tom Keneally

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Chatto & Windus, [2006]Description: 509 p., [16] p. of plates : 1 map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780701178833 .
  • 9780701178833 .
Other title:
  • The commonwealth of thieves: the story of the founding of Australia
Subject(s): Scope and content: The tale begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences yet crime was rife. The gaols were bursting, and overflow prisoners were held in notorious hulks. Out of this situation was born the Sydney Experiment: criminals perceived to 'damage' British society would be transported. Australia was surrounded by sea and a very long way away. Thus Sydney was founded as 'an open-air prison' with 'walls 14,000 miles thick'
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The tale begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences yet crime was rife. The gaols were bursting, and overflow prisoners were held in notorious hulks. Out of this situation was born the Sydney Experiment: criminals perceived to 'damage' British society would be transported. Australia was surrounded by sea and a very long way away. Thus Sydney was founded as 'an open-air prison' with 'walls 14,000 miles thick'

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