Allen & Unwin Convict colony: the remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds, paperback/david hill

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Description The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture.

We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today.

But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed colonies, and New South Wales nearly joined them.

The motley crew of unruly marines and bedraggled convicts who arrived at Botany Bay in 1788 in leaky boats nearly starved to death.

They could easily have been murdered.