Aboriginal Convicts : Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles

Revealing the forgotten stories of Aboriginal convicts, this book describes how they lived, labored, were punished, and died. Profiling several of the 130 Aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies, this collection features the journeys of Aboriginal warriors Bulldog and Musquito, Maori warrior Hohepa Te Umuroa, and Khoisan soldier Booy Piet. Bulldog And Musquito, Aboriginal Warriors From The Hawkesbury, Were Captured And Sent To Norfolk Island Following Frontier Skirmishes In New South Wales. Eventually, Bulldog Seems To Have Made It Home. Musquito Was Transported To Van Diemen's Land, Where He Laboured As A Convict Servant. He Never Returned. Hohepa Te Umuroa Was Arrested Near Wellington In 1846, With A Group Of Maori Warriors. Five Of The Men Were Transported To Van Diemen's Land Where Te Umuroa Died In Custody. More Than 140 Years Later, His Remains Were Carried Home To New Zealand. Booy Piet, A Twenty-six Year-old Khoisan Soldier From The Cape Colony, Was Transported To Van Diemen's Land For Desertion In 1842. After Three Years Of Convict Labour, He Died In Hobart General Hospital. These Men Are Among 130 Aboriginal Convicts Who Were Transported To And Within The Australian Penal Colonies. They Lived, Laboured, Were Punished, And Died Alongside Other Convicts, But Until This Groundbreaking Book, Their Stories Had Largely Been Forgotten. I. New South Wales -- Ii. The Cape Colony -- Iii. New Zealand. Kristyn Harman. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Various Ebook Formats. Bulldog and Musquito, Aboriginal warriors from the Hawkesbury, were captured and sent to Norfolk Island following frontier skirmishes in New South Wales. Eventually, Bulldog seems to have made it home. Musquito was transported to Van Diemen's Land, where he laboured as a convict servant. He never returned. Hohepa Te Umuroa was arrested near Wellington in 1846, with a group of Maori warriors. Five of the men were transported to Van Diemen's Land where Te Umuroa died in custody. More than 140 years later, his remains were carried home to New Zealand. Booy Piet, a twenty-six year-old Khoisan soldier from the Cape Colony, was transported to Van Diemen's Land for desertion in 1842. After three years of convict labour, he died in Hobart General Hospital. These men are among 130 Aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies. They lived, laboured, were punished, and died alongside other convicts, but until this groundbreaking book, their stories had largely been forgotten. annotation pending "Bulldog and Musquito, Aboriginal warriors from the Hawkesbury, were captured and sent to Norfolk Island following frontier skirmishes in New South Wales. Eventually, Bulldog seems to have made it home. Musquito was transported to Van Diemen's Land, where he laboured as a convict servant. He never returned. Hohepa Te Umuroa was arrested near Wellington in 1846, with a group of Maori warriors. Five of the men were transported to Van Diemen's Land where Te Umuroa died in custody. More than 140 years later, his remains were carried home to New Zealand. Booy Piet, a twenty-six year-old Khoisan soldier from the Cape Colony, was transported to Van Diemen's Land for desertion in 1842. After three years of convict labour, he died in Hobart General Hospital. These men are among 130 aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies. They lived, laboured, were punished, and died alongside other convicts, but until this groundbreaking book, their stories had largely been forgotten."--Back cover In 2001, CSIRO's future looked shaky. The Australian government had announced a big increase in public funding for science, but had pointedly left the iconic national research agency out when it came to distributing the cash. Facing the threat of funding cuts and loss of reputation, CSIRO set about reinventing itself through what became known as its National Flagship Initiative. This book is the story of that program, told by Ron Sandland who led the initiative and Graham Thompson who designed its systems and processes