Australia Locked Up

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By: John Nicholson

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Published: 1st February 2006
For Ages: 10 - 14 years old

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FROM KING LASH TO RAZOR WIRE

The story of Australia's prisons from the First Fleet to today.

Our prisons, detention centres and camps have housed convicts, prisoners of war, Aborigines, women, children, refugees and asylum seekers.
Brutal floggings, hangings, the stocks and the treadmill are part of the story; so are pardons, evening classes and picnics for prisoners.
Packed with information and prompting fundamental questions about our society, Australia Locked Up is stern but illuminating reading.

About the Author

John Nicholson is a multi-award-winning author with a passion for Australian history, architecture and social justice.

'...a book that discusses Australia's long relationship with imprisonment, explores why we lock others up and asks what is achieved by doing so. Nicholson's open, inquiring narrative poses some pertinent and provocative questions.' - Australian Bookseller & Publisher'completely riveting...compelling and thought provoking' Sydney's ChildApril 2006'Pertinent and provocative' Australian Bookseller and Publisher'Nicholson's open, inquiring narrative poses some pertinent and provocative questions.' Bookseller + Publisher, February 2006

Introduction

1 To the end of the Earth
Transportation: the Bold Experiment
Carving Out New Settlements: Van Diemen's Land and the Swan River

2 Punishment
The Assignment system
Tickets-of-leave
The Probation system
King Lash Is Master Here': Secondary Penal Settlements
Choose Your Punishment
Changes

3 Palaces of Punishment
Rules and Cameras: a Modern Prison

4 Special Prisons for Special Groups
Political Prisoners
Women in Prison
Children in Prison
Locking Up Indigenous People

5 Internment
Quarantine
Prisoners of War
Enemy Aliens' in Wartime
Locking Up Immigrants

Confusions and Conclusions
Glossary
Reading List
Index

ISBN: 9781741146097
ISBN-10: 1741146097
Audience: Teenager / Young Adult
For Ages: 10 - 14 years old
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 40
Published: 1st February 2006
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Dimensions (cm): 27.3 x 22.1 x 1.000
Weight (kg): 0.402