The Australians Series by Vivian Stuart, William Stuart Long

They came from England - thieves, felons, murderers, justly and unjustly accused - human cargo destined to hack a life from the harsh Australian wilderness. Packed into the teemed holds of His Majesty's ships. they sailed treacherous seas to the icy desolation of Antarctica, to the South Cape of Tasmania, to Captain Cook's anchorage in Botany Bay. It was a cruel, violent fate for fifteen-year-old Jenny Taggart... moreThey came from England - thieves, felons, murderers, justly and unjustly accused - human cargo destined to hack a life from the harsh Australian wilderness. Packed into the teemed holds of His Majesty's ships. they sailed treacherous seas to the icy desolation of Antarctica, to the South Cape of Tasmania, to Captain Cook's anchorage in Botany Bay. It was a cruel, violent fate for fifteen-year-old Jenny Taggart. Falsely accused of theft, she was torn from her loved ones, a beautiful child among hardened convicts, an innocent in the craft of survival.Betrayed by her beauty, sustained by courage, she would endure to become Queen of the Convicts, target of passion and vengeance in a raw, merciless land... less

THE AUSTRALIANS - THE EPIC ADVENTURES OF COURAGEOUS MEN AND PASSIONATE WOMEN WHO FORGED A NEW NATION...FROM A PLACE OF SHAME TO A COUNTRY OF LIMITLESS POMISEIn 1788 they first stepped from their prison ships onto a stunningly beautiful shore. Some were convicts; others were their keepers. But all would become part of an extraordinary undertaking: a heroic triumph of the human spirit...a dramatic struggle over nature's hardships and man's inhumanity.. moreTHE AUSTRALIANS - THE EPIC ADVENTURES OF COURAGEOUS MEN AND PASSIONATE WOMEN WHO FORGED A NEW NATION...FROM A PLACE OF SHAME TO A COUNTRY OF LIMITLESS POMISEIn 1788 they first stepped from their prison ships onto a stunningly beautiful shore. Some were convicts; others were their keepers. But all would become part of an extraordinary undertaking: a heroic triumph of the human spirit...a dramatic struggle over nature's hardships and man's inhumanity...a magnificent victory over a wild, dangerous continent. less