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Mentioned in 4 episodes

The fatal shore

a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868

Book • 1986

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Ryan Holiday

as a book about the founding of Australia.

Mentioned by

Alastair Campbell

as a book he wished he'd written, describing it as amazingly written and incredibly well researched.

Mentioned by

Rick Springfield

as a book about mateship and the founding of Australia.

Mentioned by

Ryan Holiday

while discussing his reading about Australia's history.

Recommended by

Stephen Metcalf

as a corrective to the idea that Australian history was the history of achieving respectability out of the penal origins.

Recommended by

Stephen Metcalf

as a corrective to the idea that Australian history was the history of achieving respectability out of the penal origins.

Mentioned by

Pete Smissen

as a book about the colonisation of Australia and convict stories.

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