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Sto caricando le informazioni... Under the colony's eye : gentlemen and convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869di Sue Castrique
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Under the Colony's Eye 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 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 an exciting narrative history. The island was a microcosm of colonial life, where gentlemen and convicts were involved in a human drama brimming with moments of power, death, turmoil, farce and 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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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