In this spirited history of the remarkable first four years of the convict settlement of Australia, Thomas Keneally offers us a human view of a fascinating piec

Australia is the only modern society to have begun as a dedicated penal settlement. It was an experiment that should have ended like others of its kind in a ste

Thomas Keneally presents this lively history of the 'First Fleet' which took convicts from Britain to Australia in 1787. He also tells the story of the early ye

A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement in Australia by Booker Prize-winning author Tom Keneally. In 1787, Britain banished its unwan

Reproduction of the original.