The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier

The Convict Valley

The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier

2020 • 304 pages

The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre.

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