''Unwilling Emigrants'' is a book by

Alexandra Hasluck Dame Alexandra Margaret Martin Hasluck, Lady Hasluck, (née Darker; 26 August 1908 – 18 June 1993), also known as Alix Hasluck, was an author and social historian from Western Australia. She was the wife of Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-Gen ...

. It is both a general study of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

convict A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convict ...

era, and a biography of a particular convict, William Sykes. First published in 1959 by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, it was for many years the only published history of the era. It was republished in 1991 by

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. It was one of eleven books that Hasluck wrote. It also was produced in other formats.

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* 1959 non-fiction books Books about Western Australia Convictism in Western Australia Oxford University Press books {{Australia-hist-book-stub