Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles by Kristyn Harman...

NewSouth Publishing

Aboriginal ConvictsAborigines, Khoisan and Maori Exiles in the Australian Penal Colonies\nAuthor(s): Kristyn Harman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: NewSouth Publishing, Australia\nImprint: NewSouth Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781742233239, 978-1742233239\nSynopsis\nWhen most of us imagine an Australian convict we see an Englishman or an Irish lass transported for stealing a loaf of bread or a scrap of cloth. Contrary to this popular image, however, Australian penal settlements were actually far more ethnically diverse, comprising individuals transported from British colonies throughout the world. \n\nAs Kristyn Harman shows in Aboriginal Convicts, there were also a surprising number of indigenous convicts transported from different British settlements, including ninety Aboriginal convicts from all over Australia, thirty-four Khoisan from the Cape Colony (South Africa) and six Maori from New Zealand. \n\nThese men and women were taken prisoner in the context of the frontier wars over their l.