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Australia Locked up by John NicholsonJohn Nicholson's information-rich, nonfiction picture books have been highly commended for years. Following his award-winning format, Australia Locked Up combines detailed illustrations with Australian nonfiction and is aimed at upper-primaryage children.Published 23 April, 2006 Australia Locked up (John Nicholson, A&U, $29.95 hb, ISBN 1741146097, February) **** John Nicholson's information-rich, nonfiction picture books have been highly commended for years. Following his award-winning format, Australia Locked Up combines detailed illustrations with Australian nonfiction and is aimed at upper-primaryage children. Australia Locked Up explores the themes of imprisonment, crime and punishment in Australia. Nicholson reminds us that Australia was first settled as an open-air prison for English convicts and discusses the First Fleet, Australia's early prisons, treatment of prisoners and punishment systems. This information is complemented by detailed drawings and peppered with interesting sidebars and anecdotes from convict life. Nicholson stretches the topic of imprisonment in some surprising directions. In the third chapter he focuses on the architecture of prisons in Australia, discussing the history and origins of our first prisons and the major influences upon their design. The subject of architecture works well with the book's illustrative style. Nicholson concludes by touching on the issue of asylum seekers and refugees in Australia today. In essence this is a book that discusses Australia's long relationship with imprisonment, explores why we lock others up and asks what is achieved by doing so. Nicholson's open, inquiring narrative poses some pertinent and provocative questions. Anna Metcalfe is a children's bookseller at The Little Bookroom in Melbourne This review from Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2005, Thorpe-Bowker
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