The luck of the Irish : how a shipload of convicts survived the wreck of the Hive to make a new life in Australia
Smith, Babette, 1942-2014
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The luck of the Irish was chronic bad luck, as their sad history attests. That's how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the Hive, sank ignominiously off the NSW coast in 1835. Miraculously all survived.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney Allen and Unwin 2014
Collation:
292 pages colour plates
Contents:
Beached -- A capacity for violence -- Settling to the task -- The O Connellite Tail -- A question of fairness -- Unnecessary irritation -- The power of numbers -- Floating nurseries -- Managing Norfolk Island -- Resisting ascendancy -- Catholic friendly -- A new Governor -- Infested by bushrangers -- Beyond the Penal colony -- Creating the Australian way of life -- The lives of men
ISBN:
9781742378121 (pbk)
Dewey class:
994.02 LUC
Local class:
994.02
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
39553
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994.02 LUC | pbkAvailable |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994.02 LUC | pbkAvailable |