Convict Prison Fremantle
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Convict Fremantle
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Author : Michal Bosworth
language : en
Publisher: ISBS
Release Date : 2004
Convict Fremantle written by Michal Bosworth and has been published by ISBS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
Michael Bosworth takes the reader on a fascinating journey through nineteenth century Fremantle, a journey centred on the grim complex of buildings set up to house the prisoners.
Convict Prison Fremantle
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Author : Edgar langley Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Convict Prison Fremantle written by Edgar langley Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Prisons categories.
The Catalpa Rescue
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Author : Peter FitzSimons
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-23
The Catalpa Rescue written by Peter FitzSimons and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with History categories.
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the British Empire, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa to rescue the men from the stone walls of this hell on Earth known to the inmates as a 'living tomb'. What follows is one of history's most stirring sagas that splices Irish, American, British and Australian history together in its climactic moment. For Ireland, who had suffered English occupation for 700 years, a successful escape was an inspirational call to arms. For America, it was a chance to slap back at Britain for their support of the South in the Civil War; for England, a humiliation. And for a young Australia, still not sure if it was Great Britain in the South Seas or worthy of being an independent country in its own right, it was proof that Great Britain was not unbeatable. Told with FitzSimons' trademark combination of arresting history and storytelling verve, The Catalpa Rescue is a tale of courage and cunning, the fight for independence and the triumph of good men, against all odds.
Last Convict The
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Author : Anthony Hill
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2021-02-02
Last Convict The written by Anthony Hill and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with Fremantle (W.A.) categories.
'It's a good story, Samuel. You're a piece of living history.' Oxford 1863: Young Samuel Speed sets a barley stack alight in the hope it will earn him a bed in prison for the night. He wants nothing more than a morsel of food in his belly and a warm place to sleep off the streets. What he receives is a sentence of seven years' servitude, to be served half a world away in the penal colony of Fremantle, Western Australia. When Samuel boards the transport ship Belgravia, he is stripped of his clothing and even his name, and given regulations of when to rise, eat, clean and sleep. On arrival at Fremantle Prison, hard labour is added to the mix and he wonders if life can get any worse. The only solace he finds is a love of reading, which allows the likes of Tom Sawyer and Oliver Twist to become his lifelong friends. Samuel is granted a ticket of leave in 1867 and full freedom in 1871, but what sort of life can a man forge for himself in the colony, with no skills, no money and no family? Will it be the beginning of the life he has always dreamed of, or do some sentences truly never end? A colourful recreation of the life and times of the last known convict to be sent to Australia, The Last Convict is a moving study of old age and loneliness, as one social outcast finds meaning in his impoverished life through the power of literature. Meticulously researched and brilliantly woven into an engaging fictional account, it is an unforgettable story by an award-winning writer and historian.
Lags
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Author : Bill Edgar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Lags written by Bill Edgar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Convict labor categories.
The early settlers at the Swan River determined they would remain a free settlement, but after twenty years of unremitting struggle, as their economic circumstances became perilous, they were forced to petition the British Government for convicts and the much needed labour their presence would bring.Between 1850 and 1868, close to 10,000 male convict arrived in Western Australia from Britain. Far from being the detrimental influence many predicted, the 'lags', the detritus from the iniquities of the English legal and penal systems, injected new life into an stagnant economy. Despite a high percentage of original serious criminality among them, the vastly different environment in this most isolated of British settlements had a positive influence on these refugees from the cruel prisons and hulks of the Home country.The convict system in W.A. proved to be forward and benign by comparison with the systems of earlier decades in New South Wales and Tasmania. In consequence, many of the convicts who were landed at Fremantle subsequently became valuable citizens, helping to lay the foundations of early, modern Western Australia.
Voyage Of The Hougoumont And Life At Fremantle
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Author : Thomas McCarthy Fennell
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2001-03-13
Voyage Of The Hougoumont And Life At Fremantle written by Thomas McCarthy Fennell and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Like many 19th century Irish immigrants, Thomas McCarthy Fennell arrived in the United States to start a new life. Unlike other Irishmen, however, Fennell arrived on America’s West coast by ship. He was a thirty year old ex-convict recently discharged from an Australian prison. As a condition of release he could not return to his native land. His crime? Treason, or as the Crown’s trial judge put it, “compassing” against Queen Victoria. In the tumultuous 1860s Fennell organized Fenians – Irish and Irish-American Nationalists who sought by force to rid Ireland of Britain’s dominance. He fought and was wounded in the 1867 Uprising, hardly a footnote in history, yet England’s great Prime Minister, Gladstone, would refer to it as “the first streak of dawn.” And indeed it added to the foundation that would eventually lead to the Republic of Ireland. Fennell was transported to Australia on the last prison ship dispatched there by Britain, the Hougoumont, a converted merchant vessel. On board for three months with 280 other convicts, Fennell and a small group of Fenians including John Boyle O’Reilly and John Sarsfield Casey (The Galtee Boy) stayed together. They prayed, sang and entertained each other. They even published a weekly newspaper. Fennell was in Western Australia, a colony that wanted convict labor, for over three years; first at Fremantle Prison and then on a chain gang. Pardoned in 1871 by Victoria, he made his way to America where he eventually settled in Elmira, New York. He remained active in the movement and was the one to propose the famous Catalpa Rescue of 1876. This is the true story of Fennell’s incarceration, in his own words. Here he describes the humiliations and horrors of being a political prisoner thrown in with murderers, rapists and other criminals of the worst kind. He recounts floggings, daily strip searches and death at sea. Yet he and his fellow Fenians triumphed in the end, and Fennell would write his story. Now, Fennell’s 70,000 word manuscript is available to the public for the first time. Articles by Walter McGrath and Matthew Bermingham accompany the text, along with other supplementary information, extensive footnotes, photographs and illustrations. What’s being said about this book - “With a useful introductory essay, the editorial annotations, a good selection of illustrations, a selection of Fenian poetry and a number of articles to provide context, Fennell and King have made a valuable contribution to Western Australian history." H.A. Willis, The West Australian “You are to be congratulated on the high standard of the edition. It will be an important addition to the National Library’s collection.” Noel Kissane, Keeper of the Manuscripts National Library of Ireland “To have a record of daily life in the Prison during the 19th century and in such detail – is of inestimable value to us.” Rob Besford,Fremantle Prison, WA "This voyage is of additional significance as it brought the last shipload of convicts to the Australian penal settlement." The Irish Times “I’d like to compliment you on bringing such a wonderful new source of Fenian biography to light so expertly.” Keith Amos, author of The Fenians In Australia “I am pleased to add this to our collection as it will be extremely useful for research on the Fenians. There are so few first hand accounts of convict/Fenian life, making this all the more important.” David Whiteford, The Battye Library, Australia “Marie King and Philip Fennell have combined their efforts to provide historical context and then present the purest form of these memoirs.” John Benson, Pawling News Chronicle
The Brutal Story
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Author : Cyril Ayris Freelance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Brutal Story written by Cyril Ayris Freelance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Fremantle Prison
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Author : James Semple Kerr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Fremantle Prison written by James Semple Kerr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Fremantle Prison (W.A.) categories.
The book is a guide to the care and use of Fremantle Prison, and is an important contribution to our understanding of the prison.
History Of West Australia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
History Of West Australia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Politicians categories.
P.19-30; Physical & mental characteristics; common origin of dialects; clothing & scarification; decorations of the Ngurla tribe; general beliefs (Perth area); marriage; shelters & huts; corroborees, body painting for ceremonies; general life, hunting, etc, making of weirs; cave paintings (upper Glenelg River & York district); burial; (mainly quotes Grey); p.81-101; Native strife & progressive incidents, 1833-35 Conflicting sentiments regarding natives; King Georges Sound & Swan River natives in affray; crimes committed; story of Yagan; place names around Perth; depredations, treatment of natives.
Unwilling Emigrants
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Author : Lady Alexandra Hasluck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Unwilling Emigrants written by Lady Alexandra Hasluck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Convicts categories.