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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land

Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land. There they were to be turned into productive colonial workers.

Despite the rhetoric of reform, most of the boys endured unrelenting punishment and maltreatment. For some, transportation to Point Puer became a death sentence, with 1 in 30 dying there.

Those who survived Point Puer were released into the colony semi-skilled at best, to be confronted by an unwelcoming society anxious to put its convict origins behind it. This is their story.

Softcover book
Published 2025
274-pages, indexed
SKU SKU20342
Quantity in stock 1 item(s) available
Weight 0.75 kg
Author Alistair Scott
ISBN 9781763768291
 
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