Table of Contents

Prologue: Lashland

Introduction

1. Unpromising Beginnings

2. Perilous Voyages

3. The Convict Underworld

4. The System

5. Pain and Suffering

6. Troublemakers

7. Places of Condemnation

8. Desperate Escapes

9. The Felonry

10. A Convict Stain

Appendix

Glossary

Notes and Sources

Further Reading

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Graham Seal is Professor of Folklore at Curtin University, and a leading expert on Australian cultural history. He is the bestselling author of Great Australian Stories, Great Anzac Stories, Larrikins, Bush Tales and Other Great Australian Stories, The Savage Shore and Great Australian Journeys.

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