Port Arthur: 1830-1877
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A meticulously researched work of Australian colonial history, this volume chronicles the rise and operation of Port Arthur, the notorious penal settlement established on the Tasman Peninsula in Van Diemen's Land — now Tasmania — from its founding in 1830 through its closure in 1877. Ian Brand presents a vivid and authoritative account of the settlement's brutal disciplinary systems, its architecture of control, and the thousands of convicts who endured its harsh regime, drawing on primary sources to reconstruct daily life within one of the British Empire's most feared institutions. The tone is scholarly yet accessible, balancing factual rigour with a genuine sense of the human drama that unfolded within Port Arthur's walls. Brand also details the settlement's evolution from a timber station into a self-sufficient industrial complex, illustrating how it became a symbol of both colonial ambition and penal severity. Port Arthur 1830–1877 stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the convict era that shaped modern Australia.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A meticulously researched work of Australian colonial history, this volume chronicles the rise and operation of Port Arthur, the notorious penal settlement established on the Tasman Peninsula in Van Diemen's Land — now Tasmania — from its founding in 1830 through its closure in 1877. Ian Brand presents a vivid and authoritative account of the settlement's brutal disciplinary systems, its architecture of control, and the thousands of convicts who endured its harsh regime, drawing on primary sources to reconstruct daily life within one of the British Empire's most feared institutions. The tone is scholarly yet accessible, balancing factual rigour with a genuine sense of the human drama that unfolded within Port Arthur's walls. Brand also details the settlement's evolution from a timber station into a self-sufficient industrial complex, illustrating how it became a symbol of both colonial ambition and penal severity. Port Arthur 1830–1877 stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the convict era that shaped modern Australia.
