272 pages, indexed illustrated. A clean, unmarked and solid copy that appears new. First published in paperback in 1995, - this is the cabound edition revised, abd expanded. Title on the front cover: Perilous Voyages to the New Land: Experiences of Australian Pioneer Families on the High Seas. "Accounts of immigrant ships to Australia 1840-1850 that reveal often harrowing conditions and experiences, with storms, rickets, disease, irresponsible captains and wild passengers. Chapters also discuss Irish orphan immigration and attempts at reform." (Trove)