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France And Botany Bay
About this book
Convict transportation to Britain's colonies in Australia greatly influenced political debate and policy in France. Surprisingly, it's a story that has not previously been told. Depiction of Botany Bay as a moral and economic utopia, and the answer to crime, was the basis of vigorous support for the establishment of a French penal colony. Implacably opposed to transportation were those who saw Botany Bay as a penal disaster. The opposing groups amassed a vast array of material. Debate raged. There were floods of impassioned literature. French ships roamed the world in search of an attractive and viable site for their own Botany Bay, and France came close to settling south-west Australia and New Zealand. In the end, the transportationists won. In 1852 France began transportation to French Guiana and in 1863 to New Caledonia. For both settlements, Botany Bay was the model. Colin Forster tells this fascinating story for the first time.
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Table of contents
- FRANCE AND BOTANY BAY
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Terms
- Introduction
- I Learning about Botany Bay, 1788–1831
- 1 Support for a Penal Colony
- 2 Emerging Opposition in the 1820s
- 3 The Great Parliamentary Debate, 1831
- II Stalemate, 1831–1848
- 4 The First History of Australia
- 5 Tocqueville and Australia
- 6 Histoire de Botany Bay
- 7 Penal Colonies and Parliament
- 8 The Role of the Navy
- III The Triumph of Transportation, 1848–1854
- 9 Napoleon III and French Guiana
- 10 The Navy and New Caledonia
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index