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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.
- Robert Hughes
- 1986
12 feb 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.
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- $9.96
- Robert Hughes
- Robert Hughes
12 dic 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.
- (9,8K)
- Paperback
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...
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.
- Paperback
12 mar 2009 · The Fatal Shore, The Epic of Australia's Founding. Hardcover – March 12, 2009. The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps.
- Robert Hughes
Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia.
- Robert Hughes
