A commonwealth of thieves : the improbable birth of Australia / Thomas Keneally.
By: Keneally, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2006Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S.A.Description: 385 p. : maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780385514590; 038551459X (alk. paper).Subject(s): Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 | Prisoners -- Australia -- History | Convict ships -- Australia -- History | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia | Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814 | Governors -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Biography | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 | Prisoners -- Australia -- History | Convict ships -- History | Penal colonies -- Australia -- History | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia | Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814 | Governors -- New South Wales -- Biography | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- BiographyDDC classification: 994.02 Summary: Draws on personal journals and historical documents to recount the overseas voyage of Royal Army Captain Arthur Phillip's first expedition to Australia, where he was charged with setting up a penal colony for London prisoners.
Originally published: Milson Point, NSW : Random House Australia, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-367) and index.
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Draws on personal journals and historical documents to recount the overseas voyage of Royal Army Captain Arthur Phillip's first expedition to Australia, where he was charged with setting up a penal colony for London prisoners.
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