Ghosts of Sorrow, Sin and Crime: Dark Tourism and Convict Heritage in Van Diemen’s Land, Australia

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 506-520

  Casella, Eleanor Conlin ^a   Fennelly, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Colonial archaeology; Dark tourism; Institutions; Penal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CRIME; CULTURAL HERITAGE; TOURISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84980461776     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-016-0354-5     Document Type: Article

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