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Melbourne University Press, 1978. Softcover. Very Good (Used copy). AUSTRALIANAProfessor Shaw examines the working of the transportation system far more closely than his predecessors who have so often been contentwith a few horror stories. In this book he puts it in its proper place as one of the various modes of punishment used in the English penal system, and considers it reformatory as well as its deterrent features. He reminds us that Australia was not the only colony to which British statesmen wanted to send their felons. 399 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. #131123 Bibliography: p. 379-390. First published: London : Faber and Faber, 1966. Penal colonies -- British Isles Penal colonies -- Australia Australia -- Exiles Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be…
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- Title Convicts and the Colonies
- Author Shaw, A. G. L
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Publisher Melbourne Univ Pr, Carlton South Vic, Austria
- Date 1977
- ISBN 9780522841145
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Melbourne Univ Pr, 1998. Pages: 399; Weight: 1lb 0.5oz; Size: 8.7" x 5.5" x 0.8". 1998 edition. Cover has minor edgewear, is sunned on the spine, slight curl to top corners of first 20 pages, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight. . Very Good. Soft Cover. . . .
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