Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia / Jim Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Jim (Australian author and entertainer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Australia--History.

Prisoners.

Penal colonies--Australia--History.

Penal colonies.

Pioneers--Australia--Biography.

Pioneers.

Prisoners--Australia--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, [2023]

Summary:

In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women who forged the nation we would one day become. There's Joseph Banks, the true founder of the colony; Surgeon John White, the saviour of the First Fleet; Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal freedom fighter; Mary Reiby, the horse thief who made good; Sapy Lovell, the Eora gypsy convict; John Donohue, the wild colonial boy; Lady Jane Franklin, the true leader of Van Diemen's Land - and many more! Why did transportation occur, why did it end, and what was it like living in Australia from 1788 to 1870? Skilfully researched and told in Jim's warm and witty style, Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia answers these questions and brings to life well-known and unknown figures from Australia's history as a penal settlement. This is the true story of the colonisation of Australia.

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Also by the Author

Title Page

Imprint

Dedication

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 MEN UNWORTHY TO REMAIN IN THIS ISLAND

2 JOSEPH BANKS-THE FATHER OF AUSTRALIA

3 JAMES MARIO MATRA AND THE BOTANY BAY SOLUTION

4 SURGEON JOHN WHITE AND THE FIRST FLEET

5 CAPTAIN JOHN HUNTER AND HMS SIRIUS

6 PEMULWUY-GUERILLA LEADER

7 LIEUTENANT WILLIAM DAWES-A MINORITY OF ONE

8 HENRY LOVELL-THE ONE WHO WENT HOME

9 MARY REIBEY-THE HORSE THIEF WHO PROSPERED

10 JOHN DONOHOE-THE LIFE FULL OF DANGER

11 SAPY LOVELL-EORA AND GYPSY

12 ELIZABETH FRY-CHAMPION OF CONVICT WOMEN

13 LADY JANE FRANKLIN-'A MAN IN PETTICOATS'

14 WILLIAM WESTWOOD-THE BITTER CUP OF MISERY

Afterword: THE END OF AN ERA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

IMAGE CREDITS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Haynes, Jim Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia

ISBN:

9781761187971

OCLC:

1405368215