Bibliograph

Convicts of the first fleet, sent to a new land, Margaret McPhee

Type

Label

Convicts of the first fleet, sent to a new land, Margaret McPhee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Convicts of the first fleet

Responsibility statement

Margaret McPhee

Series statement

Australian Geographic history

Sub title

sent to a new land

Summary

In Britain in 1787, prisons were overflowing with lawbreakers and troublemakers. It was decided that the newly-discovered land of New South Wales should be established as a penal colony, and thousands of convicts were shipped around the world

Table Of Contents

Age of upheaval -- Desperate times -- Into exile -- Bound for Botany Bay -- In a strange land -- Life as a convict -- Struggling settlement -- Building a new world -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

Classification