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The Fatal Shore

Robert Hughes

Draws on diverse original materials to recount the European settlement of Australia, from the 1788 landing of the first prison fleet to 1868

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The Daily Stoic

This incredible book was recommended, though the first 200 pages were dense, focusing on how prisons in England worked before getting to Australia.

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It's called, uh, them sending the first debtors down to Ireland. Or to Australia. Oh, um. The Fatal Shore, yeah. Incredible book. It's so hard to get into.

— Episode: Bert Kreischer's Reading List (From Ryan...

Episode: Bert Kreischer's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)

This incredible book was recommended, though the first 200 pages were dense, focusing on how prisons in England worked before getting to Australia.

"

It's called, uh, them sending the first debtors down to Ireland. Or to Australia. Oh, um. The Fatal Shore, yeah. Incredible book. It's so hard to get into.

The Fatal Shore, I just read this year. Because I did an Australia tour last year, and that was amazing. And it's a, it's a crazy good book.

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