Aboriginal convicts : Australian, Khoisan, and Maori exiles / Kristyn Harman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harman, Kristyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--Australia.

Criminals.

Aboriginal Australians--Criminal justice system.

Aboriginal Australians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2012.

Summary:

Revealing the forgotten stories of Aboriginal convicts, this book describes how they lived, labored, were punished, and died. Profiling several of the 130 Aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies, this collection features the journeys of Aboriginal warriors Bulldog and Musquito, Maori warrior Hohepa Te Umuroa, and Khoisan soldier Booy Piet.

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Terminology; Preface; Introduction; I. NEW SOUTH WALES; 1. Banishing Musquito, Bull Dog and Duall; 2. Diverging destinies; 3. Jackey's pitiful state; 4. Dancing in defiance; 5. Exiled to Goat Island; 6. Driving out the white fellows; 7. The hanging judge; 8. Exemplary punishments at Port Phillip; 9. Sentences to 'instil terror'; 10. Aboriginal deaths in custody; 11.A less destructive alternative; II. THE CAPE COLONY; 12. From the 'Cockatoo of Cape Town' to Sydney; 13.Indicted for the crime of theft; 14. Mutiny and desertion

15. 'Black Peter' the bushrangerIII. NEW ZEALAND; 16. In open rebellion; 17. A merciful alternative; 18. Repatriating Hohepa Te Umuroa, 1988; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742246086

1742246087

OCLC:

818851416