Convicts of the Eleanor
Subtitle: protest in rural England, new lives in Australia
By: David Kent and Norma Townsend.
Contributors: Townsend, Norma, 1941-
Publisher: Merlin; Pluto Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; [Annandale, N.S.W.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Eleanor (Convict ship); Prisoners, Transportation of -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History -- 19th century; Riots -- England, Southern -- History -- 19th century; Prisoners, Transportation of -- England, Southern -- History -- 19th century
Description: Focuses on the men of the convict transport Eleanor, which arrived in NSW in 1831. They were all from the counties of Berkshire, Dorset Hampshire and Wiltshire and were transported for their part in the Swing riots.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 269-293.
Includes index.