Main Title: |
Punishment short of death : a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island / Margaret Hazzard |
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Author: |
Hazzard, Margaret. Robson, L.L. (Leslie Lloyd), 1931-1990.
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Imprint: |
Melbourne, Vic. : Hyland House, 1984. |
Collation: |
ill., portraits, maps, facsimiles, hbk ; 24 cm 284p : |
Subject: |
Penal colonies Convicts Norfolk Island
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ISBN: |
0908090641 |
Notes: |
On cover: With a foreword by Dr L.L. Robson. Notes, bibliography, index.
Maps on endpapers. The story of Norfolk Island's first and second penal settlements has never been told in its entirety; it is doubtful it ever will be. History is made from the lives of people and the written words of their time, but so many who were instrumental in shaping the history of Norfolk Island's early days, were unable to write even their names...(Preface).
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