02956oam 2200493 450 991066233790332120201015034045.01-74224-455-6(CKB)4100000008403648(MiAaPQ)EBC5785364(MiAaPQ)EBC5829642(EXLCZ)99410000000840364820190918h20192019 uy 0engur|n#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBedlam at Botany Bay /James DunkSydney, New South Wales :NewSouth,2019©20191 online resource (189 pages)Print version 9781742236179 1742236170 Includes bibliographical references and index.There is a wildness -- The liabilities of the sea -- Madness and malingering -- The 'lunatic asylum' at Castle Hill -- The politics of a penal colony -- Darling's suicides -- After the rebellion -- Wrongful confinement and irresponsible power -- Epilogue.Madness stalked the colony of New South Wales and tracing its wild path changes the way we look at our colonial history.What happened when people went mad in the fledgling colony of New South Wales? In this important new history, we find out through the tireless correspondence of governors and colonial secretaries, the delicate descriptions of judges and doctors, the brazen words of firebrand politicians, and the heartbreaking letters of siblings, parents and friends. We also hear from the mad themselves. Legal and social distinctions faded as delusion and disorder took root — in convicts exiled from their homes and living under the weight of imperial justice, in ex-convicts and small settlers as they grappled with the country they had taken from its Indigenous inhabitants, and in government officers and wealthy colonists who sought to guide the course of European history in Australia.These stories of madness are woven together into a narrative about freedom and possibilities, unravelling and collapse. Bedlam at Botany Bay looks at people who found themselves not only at the edge of the world, but at the edge of sanity. It shows their worlds collidingMental illnessAustraliaBotany Bay (N.S.W.)History19th centuryMentally illAustraliaBotany Bay (N.S.W.)History19th centuryPenal coloniesAustraliaBotany Bay (N.S.W.)History19th centurySydney (N.S.W.)History19th centuryElectronic books.Mental illnessHistoryMentally illHistoryPenal coloniesHistory820.80994994.41Dunk James1162909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910662337903321Bedlam at Botany Bay2712439UNINA