Under the colony's eye : gentlemen and convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869
Castrique, SueUUUU
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Tells the story of the penal settlement on Cockatoo Island, the struggle to build a dock & an autocratic superintendent who turned the island into a secret fight club with his bare-knuckle prize-fighting convicts. A true story of corruption & intrigue.
Main title:
Under the colony's eye : gentlemen and convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869 / by Sue Castrique
Author:
Imprint:
Spit Junction NSW Anchor Books Australia
Collation:
196 pages 12 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some colour)
Contents:
Part 1: island -- Wareamah -- Part 2: an argument between gentleman -- A map of islands -- A dry dock -- Water and stone -- Finish the dock! -- The rocking dinghy -- Part 3: a slow unravelling -- The prize fighters -- Bleak cottage -- Annoyances -- An honourable man...? -- Part 4: convicts -- Incorrigible -- Man away! -- One tin dish -- Alarm clung to Cockatoo -- Epilogue
ISBN:
9780992467111 (paperback)
Dewey class:
365.944 UND
Local class:
365.944
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
98461
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 365.944 UND | pbkAvailable |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 365.944 UND | pbkAvailable |