Legacy of the 'fatal shore': The heritage and archaeology of confinement in post-colonial Australia

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-125

  Casella, Eleanor Conlin ^a   Fredericksen, Clayton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convicts; Heritage; Incarceration; Institutions; Labour; Nationalism; Post colonial

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644496981     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605304039852     Document Type: Article

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