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This study explores the pre-history of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales which began with the Queen in April 1791. It traces earlier attempts to revive the trans-Atlantic convict trade and the frustrated efforts by Irish authorities to join in the Botany Bay scheme after 1786. The nine Irish shipments to North America and the West Indies are described in detail for the first time, including the dramatic outcomes in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Leeward Islands which eventually forced the Home Office to find space for Irish convicts on the Third Fleet. These events are related against the background of Dublin's burgeoning crime rate in the 1780s, the critical insecurity of its prison system and the troubled political relationship between Ireland and Britain.
Keywords
- Australasia
- Australia
- Britain
- history
- migration
- modern history
- social history
- social science
- World History
- history
- Ireland
- knowledge
- migration
- time
- trade
About the author
Bob Reece is Associate Professor in History at Murdoch University in Western Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales
Book Subtitle: Mixture of Breeds
Authors: Bob Reece
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-58458-3Published: 24 January 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-58459-0Published: 18 January 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 373