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Convict System Historiography (Freedom on the Fatal Shore - John Hirst,…
Convict System Historiography
Freedom on the Fatal Shore - John Hirst, 2009. Has written previously on the convict system.
In Australia there was the opportunity for freedom for convicts from the beginning
Says conditions are not as bad as other authors have portrayed them to be
Robert Hughes
Assigned Convicts at Tocal - Brian Walsh, 2006, has written on this topic before.
More of a traditional view towards convicts - says convicts are set in their ways, no changing them, once a convict, always a convict. majority repeat offenders.
Gets information from other authors e,g, John Hirst, Shaw. Doesn't explicitly agree or disagree.
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William Robbins - Management and Resistance
Similar to John Hirst - says convicts in system that allows freedom in future. disagrees with traditionalists, says convicts had opportunities to change.
Robert Hughes, David Neal, Wright
Bill Robbins - Governor Macquarie's Job Descriptions
Says jobs awful, rough, but he refuted that, says jobs not that bad.
Agrees with Alan Atkinson, Hirst, Nicholas
Free Society, Penal Colony, David Neal
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Disagrees with Hirst's theories.
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Says conditions poor, disagrees that they had opportunities for freedom.
Four Patterns of Convict Protest, Alan Atkinson
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talking about four patterns of protesting, and why they responded with anger to changed rations etc.
Tom Inglis Moore, Humphry McQueen, Peter Cunningham