The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system.
Chapter 1: The Harbor and the Exiles
Chapter 2: A Horse Foaled by an Acorn
Chapter 3: The Geographical Unconscious
Chapter 4: The Starvation Years
Chapter 6: Who Were the Convicts?
Chapter 7: Bolters and Bushrangers
Chapter 8: Bunters, Mollies and Sable Brethren
Chapter 9: The Government Stroke
Chapter 10: Gentlemen of New South Wales
Chapter 11: To Plough Van Diemen’s Land
Chapter 16: The Aristocracy Be We
Chapter 17: The End of the System
Appendix 1: Governors and Chief Executives of New South Wales, 1788–1855
Appendix 2: Chief Executives of Van Diemen’s Land, 1803–53
Appendix 3: Secretaries of State for the Colonies, 1794–1855