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Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788 - 1855

Margaret Hazzard

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Description:This account of Norfolk Island's First and Second Penal Settlements is based on documented facts. It tells of brutal and almost unbelievable horrors and degradations meted out to convicts, men and women, of Australia's earliest days when the beautiful Island Captain Cook called 'A Paradise' in 1774, was turned into the Hell of the Pacific. During the second Settlement man's inhumanity to man reached its lowest depths and tortured men yearned for death rather than live under conditions of such ferocious severity."Let a man's heart be what it may, when he comes here he is given the heart of a beast" one convict said, in 1846 when John Price was Commandant, yet Captain Alexander Maconochie the humane reformer, had already proved that even the lowest criminal could be reached by kindness rather than cruelty.This brief story of Norfolk Island's first 70 years should be read by all who are interested in Australia's beginnings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788 - 1855. To get started finding Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788 - 1855, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This account of Norfolk Island's First and Second Penal Settlements is based on documented facts. It tells of brutal and almost unbelievable horrors and degradations meted out to convicts, men and women, of Australia's earliest days when the beautiful Island Captain Cook called 'A Paradise' in 1774, was turned into the Hell of the Pacific. During the second Settlement man's inhumanity to man reached its lowest depths and tortured men yearned for death rather than live under conditions of such ferocious severity."Let a man's heart be what it may, when he comes here he is given the heart of a beast" one convict said, in 1846 when John Price was Commandant, yet Captain Alexander Maconochie the humane reformer, had already proved that even the lowest criminal could be reached by kindness rather than cruelty.This brief story of Norfolk Island's first 70 years should be read by all who are interested in Australia's beginnings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788 - 1855. To get started finding Convicts and Commandants of Norfolk Island 1788 - 1855, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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