Caught on Screen

This book illuminates the pivotal role film and television played in shaping the popular memory of Australia's convict history, and consequently how enduring notions of colonialism and nationhood were established and challenged in a settler society.

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction. How to Watch a Flogging
1. Framing the Innocent: The Silent Era
2. Us Colonials Through Their Eyes: Convict Cinema Goes Global
3. The Ghosts of Port Arthur: Travelogues and Dark Tourism
4. They Came in Chains to Build a Television Nation: Emancipation,
Egalitarianism, and New Nationalism on the Small Screen
5. Bolters and Bushtopias: Narratives of Convict Escape
6. A New Stain: Screening Convict Violence on the Frontier
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index