| ISBN |
9780143795100 |
| Author |
Cameron, David Wayne, 1961- (author.) |
| Title |
Convict-era Port Arthur : misery of the deepest dye / David W. Cameron. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
[Australia] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Book, 2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Description |
433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ([411]-419) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Before Port Arthur -- Part 2. Port Arthur 1827 to 1840 (Early days) -- Part 3. Port Arthur 1841 to 1853 (the probation system) -- Part 4. Port Arthur 1854 to 1877 (Post transportation) -- Epilogue -- Notes. |
| Summary |
Detailing the development of the prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines and providing an account of the changing views to convict rehabilitation, Convict-era Port Arthur focuses in on a number of individuals, telling the story through their eyes. Charles O'Hara Booth, a significant commandant of Port Arthur; Mark Jeffrey, a convict who became the grave digger on the Island of the Dead; and William Thompson, who arrived just as the new probation system started and worked in the treacherous coal mines. Sourced from the detailed records held in archives at Hobart, Convict-era Port Arthur will for the first time provide a comprehensive history of Port Arthur, its horrors and its changing role over a fifty-year period. In gripping detail, using the experiences and words of the convicts, soldiers and administrators who spent time there, David W. Cameron brings to life these deeply miserable days. |
| Subjects |
Booth, Charles O'Hara, -- 1800-1851 |
| Jeffrey, Mark, -- 1825-1903 |
| Convicts -- Tasmania -- Port Arthur -- History |
| Prisoners -- Australia -- Social conditions |
| Prisoners -- Australia -- Social conditions |
| Convicts -- Australia -- History |
| Convicts -- Australia -- Social conditions |
| Penal colonies -- Australia -- History |
| Penal colonies -- Tasmania -- History |
| Convicts -- Tasmania -- Port Arthur -- History |
| Port Arthur (Tas.) -- History |
| Call number |
2021.141 |
