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2004 edition

First published in 1959, this book has been accepted by historians and scholars as the standard work on its subject.

Contents:

• Preface to Australian Edition
• Preface to First Edition
• Illustrations
• Chapter 1. 'For Their Country's Good'
• Chapter 2. The Contractors
• Chapter 3. The Naval Agent and the Guard
• Chapter 4. The Surgeons and Surgeon-Superintendent
• Chapter 5. The Convicts
• Chapter 6. The Transports
• Chapter 7. The Voyage of the First Fleet, 1787-1778
• Chapter 8. The Voyages, 1789-1800
• Chapter 9. The Voyages, 1801-1820
• Chapter 10. The Voyages, 1821-1840
• Chapter 11. The Voyages, 1841-1868
• Notes and References
• Appendix 1. Convict Ships to New South Wales, 1801-1849
• Appendix 2. Convict Ships to Van Diemen's Land, 1812-1853
• Appendix 3. Convict Ships to Port Phillip, 1803-1849
• Appendix 4. Convict Ships to Norfolk Island, 1840-1847
• Appendix 5. Convict Ships to Moreton Bay, 1849-1850
• Appendix 6. Convict Ships to Western Australia, 1850-1868
• Appendix 7A. Statistics of Male and Female Convicts 1788-1868
• Appendix 7B. Convicts Embarked and Disembarked
• Index

420pp