The Convict Days Of Port Arthur
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few chapters in Australian history are as haunting as the story of Port Arthur, Tasmania's most notorious convict settlement, and this volume brings that dark past vividly to life. Presented by Rearson Beadle and illustrated with rare 19th-century photographs by J.W. Beattie, the work chronicles the brutal realities of colonial penal life — the toil, the punishment, and the remarkable architecture that still stands as a silent testament to an era of systematic hardship. Drawing on the evocative power of period photography, the book presents an unflinching portrait of the men and women who were transported to the ends of the earth, transforming a remote Tasmanian peninsula into one of the British Empire's most feared institutions. Beyond its role as a historical record, this work stands as a significant document of Australian cultural memory, capturing the tension between colonial ambition and human suffering. Beattie's photographs — some of the most important visual records of 19th-century Tasmania — lend the narrative an immediacy that no written account alone could achieve. For those drawn to the origins of the Australian nation and the lives lived in its shadows, this is an essential and deeply affecting encounter with a place where history refuses to be forgotten.
Author: W D Stephenson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few chapters in Australian history are as haunting as the story of Port Arthur, Tasmania's most notorious convict settlement, and this volume brings that dark past vividly to life. Presented by Rearson Beadle and illustrated with rare 19th-century photographs by J.W. Beattie, the work chronicles the brutal realities of colonial penal life — the toil, the punishment, and the remarkable architecture that still stands as a silent testament to an era of systematic hardship. Drawing on the evocative power of period photography, the book presents an unflinching portrait of the men and women who were transported to the ends of the earth, transforming a remote Tasmanian peninsula into one of the British Empire's most feared institutions. Beyond its role as a historical record, this work stands as a significant document of Australian cultural memory, capturing the tension between colonial ambition and human suffering. Beattie's photographs — some of the most important visual records of 19th-century Tasmania — lend the narrative an immediacy that no written account alone could achieve. For those drawn to the origins of the Australian nation and the lives lived in its shadows, this is an essential and deeply affecting encounter with a place where history refuses to be forgotten.