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In 1787 a state-sponsored convoy of 11 ships embarked on an interminable voyage to where no Europeans had ever settled before - the east-coast of Australia. The flotilla carried a human cargo of 750 convicts banished from Georgian England's overflowing prisons. In Transported! Brian Adams vividly re-creates the daily dramas of this hazardous mission, based on first-hand accounts in surviving journals, diaries and letters. These First Fleet colonists were destined to leave their pioneering footprint on what would become a great modern nation - Australia.

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Brian Adams has had a long and distinguished career as a producer/director of arts television and as a writer. He was head of arts programming for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for more than 20 years, also working with the BBC and other major networks and co-producers. His previous books include biographies of renowned Australians Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Sidney Nolan and Sir William Dobell, as well as historical subjects - Sir Joseph Banks' botanical discoveries on Captain Cook's voyage to Australia and a history of Australian cinema. He lives with his family in Southern France.

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