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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
by Robert Hughes
ISBN: 0394753666
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benjoffe
· 2011-07-09 ·
Original thread
I read the same story in The Fatal Shore [1] which to my knowledge is a very well researched/factual book on early convict history (though I don't recall the success rate being initially as low as 40%, it was low though).
[1]
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Shore-Epic-Australias-Founding/d...
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Shore-Epic-Australias-Founding/d...