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This is a most unusual treatment of the history of the earliest colonial days in Australia. Unfortunately, telling the story alongside that of William Buckley in a highly informal, quirky and often times amusing manner did not lessen the impact of learning more about the harsh, brutal conditions endured by those unfortunate enough to be at the mercy of the colonists in the penal colonies of Port Phillip and Van Diemen’s Land in the first half of the 19th century. Towering over the convicts, free
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