Convict Settlers of Australia, The (An enquiry into the origin and character of the convicts transported to New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1787-1852)

Lloyd Robson’s classic study of the origins and crimes of Australia’s convict settlers which introduced a valuable core of hard facts into a discussion previously dominated by anecdote and polemic. Working from a statistical sampling of convicts, and writing with sympathetic insight, Lloyd Robson examined the convicts’ records: their social and economic background, age, religion and occupation; and individual cases. xi, 257 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 241-253. #0921
Penal colonies — Great Britain. | Convicts — New South Wales — History. | Convicts — Tasmania — History. | New South Wales — Exiles. | Tasmania — Exiles. | New South Wales — History — 1788-1851. | Tasmania — History — 1803-1851.