Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction

1. Among the shallows
2. Chip: the antecedents of Australia
3. Going circuit at the Antipodes
4. Convicts in the gold region
5. Norfolk Island
6. Transported for life: part one
7. Transported for life: part two
8. Chip: transported for life
9. The new colonists of Norfolk Island
10. An illustrious British exile
11. A special convict
12. Baron Wald
13. Three celebrities
14. Kate Crawford
15. Miss Saint Felix

Contributors to Household Words
Bibliography

About the Author

Margaret Mendelawitz is a graduate in history and anthropology from the University of Western Australia.

Reviews

'It is a genuinely fascinating piece of Australiana that has been edited and collated by Margaret Mendelawitz. Many pieces demonstrate Dickens' enduring commitment to social change and moral uplift.'Sydney Morning Herald, 2-3 July 2011