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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Under the Colony's Eye : Gentlemen and Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1830-1869
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'This beautifully written book tells the story of the penal settlement on Cockatoo Island, the struggle to build a dock and an autocratic superintendent who turned the island into a secret gentleman’s fight club with his bare-knuckle prize-fighting convicts. It is a true story of corruption, patronage and intrigue. With a cast of memorable characters, this is narrative history that is as exciting to read as a novel. The island was a microcosm of colonial life, where gentlemen and convicts were involved in drama, death, turmoil, farce and moments of compassion. In the background was the island, a place that confined and surprised them all. Guarded by sea and circling gulls, the island has been a potent element in the lives of all those who lived on it. Under the Colony’s Eye reveals some of its long-held secrets.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Spit Junction, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Anchor Books Australia , 2014 .
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      Extent: 194 p.p.
      ISBN: 9780992467111
Last amended 30 Jun 2021 09:36:26
Subjects:
  • Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales,
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