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The convict valley : the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier / Mark Dunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Australia--History.
- Prisoners.
- Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.)--Race relations--18th century.
- Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, [2020]
- Summary:
- The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre.
- Contents:
- Cover
- About the author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Terminology and Naming
- Maps
- Introduction: A Hidden Valley
- 1. The Valley
- 2. First Contact
- 3. A Convict Outpost
- 4. As Fine a Country as Imagination Can Form
- 5. The Land Rush
- 6. Working on the Frontier
- 7. Living on Country
- 8. Resistance and Reprisals
- 9. A Landscape of Violence
- 10. Convict Revolt and Ruined Reputations
- 11. The Convict Valley
- Epilogue
- Pic section
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-76087-436-1
- OCLC:
- 1155329210
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