LEADER 02955oam 2200493 450 001 9910480216003321 005 20201015034045.0 010 $a1-74224-455-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000008403648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5785364 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5829642 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008403648 100 $a20190918h20192019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBedlam at Botany Bay /$fJames Dunk 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cNewSouth,$d2019 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (189 pages) 311 08$aPrint version 9781742236179 1742236170 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThere 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. 330 $aMadness 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 colliding 606 $aMental illness$zAustralia$zBotany Bay (N.S.W.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMentally ill$zAustralia$zBotany Bay (N.S.W.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPenal colonies$zAustralia$zBotany Bay (N.S.W.)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aSydney (N.S.W.)$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMental illness$xHistory 615 0$aMentally ill$xHistory 615 0$aPenal colonies$xHistory 676 $a820.80994 676 $a994.41 700 $aDunk$b James$0927167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480216003321 996 $aBedlam at Botany Bay$92083142 997 $aUNINA