The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier by Mark Dunn

The Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier

Mark Dunn

256 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
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In 1790, five convicts escaped Sydney by boat and were swept ashore near present day Newcastle. They were taken into the local Aboriginal clan, marrying and starting families. Thus began a long and often dramatic series of encounters between Abori...

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