Convict-era Port Arthur : misery of the deepest dye

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Label

Convict-era Port Arthur : misery of the deepest dye

Title remainder

misery of the deepest dye

Statement of responsibility

David W. Cameron

Creator

• Cameron, David W

Author

• Cameron, David W

Subject

• Convicts -- Tasmania | Port Arthur (Tas.) -- History
• Penal colonies -- Australia -- History
• Penal colonies -- Tasmania
• Convicts -- Australia -- History
• Prisoners -- Australia -- Social conditions
• Prisoners -- Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Port Arthur (Tas.)
• Convicts -- Australia -- Social conditions

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

NRML

Dewey number

994.02

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult