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The fatal shore

a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868
Book • 1986

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned by Ryan Holiday as a book about the founding of Australia.
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#208 Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself
Mentioned by Alastair Campbell as a book he wished he'd written, describing it as amazingly written and incredibly well researched.
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170. Prison escape, a test for Australian democracy, and spooks in Westminster?
Mentioned by Ryan Holiday while discussing his reading about Australia's history.
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Julia Baird on Accepting Responsibility and the Strength of Forgiveness
Mentioned by Pete Smissen as a book about the colonisation of Australia and convict stories.
AE 1348 - The Goss: Aussie Teachers Used to Beat Kids with Sticks
Recommended by Stephen Metcalf as a corrective to the idea that Australian history was the history of achieving respectability out of the penal origins.
Culture Gabfest: Chalamet Goes Electric
Recommended by Stephen Metcalf as a corrective to the idea that Australian history was the history of achieving respectability out of the penal origins.
Culture Gabfest: Chalamet Goes Electric

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