| ISBN |
9781761470370 |
| Author |
Haynes, Jim (author) |
| Title |
Heroes, rebels and radicals of convict Australia / Jim Haynes. |
| Other title |
Heroes, rebels & radicals of convict Australia. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023. |
| ©2023. |
| Description |
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Men unworthy to remain in this island -- Joseph Banks - the father of Australia -- James Mario Matra and the Botany Bay Solution -- Surgeon John White and the First Fleet -- Captain John Hunter and HMS Sirius -- Pemulwuy - Guerilla leader -- Lieutenant William Dawes - a minority of one -- Henry Lovell - the one who went home -- Mary Reibey - the horse thief who prospered -- John Donohoe - the life full of danger -- Sapy Lovell - Eora and Gypsy -- Elizabeth Fry - Champion of convict women -- Lady Jane Franklin -- 'A man in petticoats' -- William Westwood - the bitter cup of misery -- Afterword: The end of an era -- Acknowledgements -- Select bibliography -- Image credits. |
| 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."--Back cover. |
| Subjects |
Convicts -- Australia -- Biography |
| Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia |
| Prisoners -- Australia -- Biography |
| Pioneers -- Australia -- History |
| Prisoners -- Australia -- History |
| Penal colonies -- Australia -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 1788-1870 |
| Australia -- Intellectual life |
| Australia -- Colonisation -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 |
| Call number |
2024.030 |
