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Escape From Port Arthur
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Author : Ian Brand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990*
Escape From Port Arthur written by Ian Brand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990* with Escapes categories.
Escape From Port Arthur
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Author : Allen Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Escape From Port Arthur written by Allen Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Children's plays categories.
The Ship That Never Was
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Author : Adam Courtenay
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2018-06-01
The Ship That Never Was written by Adam Courtenay and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-01 with History categories.
The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia’s best-loved storyteller In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs and transported halfway around the world to Van Diemen's Land. After several escape attempts from the notorious penal colony, Porter, who told authorities he was a 'beer-machine maker', was sent to Macquarie Harbour, known in Van Diemen's Land as hell on earth. Many had tried to escape Macquarie Harbour; few had succeeded. But when Governor George Arthur announced that the place would be closed and its prisoners moved to the new penal station of Port Arthur, Porter, along with a motley crew of other prisoners, pulled off an audacious escape. Wresting control of the ship they'd been building to transport them to their fresh hell, the escapees instead sailed all the way to Chile. What happened next is stranger than fiction, a fitting outcome for this true-life picaresque tale. The Ship That Never Was is the entertaining and rollicking story of what is surely the greatest escape in Australian colonial history. James Porter, whose memoirs were the inspiration for Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life, is an original Australian larrikin whose ingenuity, gift of the gab and refusal to buckle under authority make him an irresistible anti-hero who deserves a place in our history.
The Escape Of The Notorious Sir William Heans
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Author : William Gosse Hay
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-22
The Escape Of The Notorious Sir William Heans written by William Gosse Hay and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-22 with Fiction categories.
The Escape of the Notorious Sir William Heans by William Gosse Hay is about the experiences of prisoner Sir William Heans in Tasmania and his escape from imprisonment. Excerpt: "When Sir William Heans first reached Hobarton, Tasmania, he was placed in the Government Architect's office on the strength of having erected additions to the family home in Ireland. Thus he spent a good deal of time designing penitentiaries, riding, reporting himself at the prison, "punting," and visiting among a few friends to whom he had brought letters."
The Ship That Never Was
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Author : Adam Courtenay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Ship That Never Was written by Adam Courtenay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Large type books categories.
The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia's best-loved storyteller In 1828, James Porter, sailor, chancer, illywhacker, found himself on a ship bound for Van Diemen's Land, having been convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs. After several escape attempts from the notorious penal colony, Porter, who told authorities he was a 'beer-machine maker', was sent to Sarah Island, known in Van Diemen's Land as 'hell on earth'. Many tried to escape the island, few succeeded. But when Governor George Arthur announced that Sarah Island would closed down and the prisoners moved to the new penal station of Port Arthur, Porter, along with a motley crew of other prisoners, pulled off an audacious escape. Commandeering the ship they'd been building to transport them to Port Arthur, the escapees sailed all the way to Chile. What happened next is stranger than fiction, a fitting outcome for this true-life picaresque tale. The Ship That Never Was is an entertaining and rollicking story from our past by an exciting new voice in popular history. James Porter, whose memoirs were the inspiration for Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life, is an original Australian larrikin whose ingenuity, ability to talk himself out of a tight corner and refusal to buckle under authority makes him an irresistible anti-hero in the tradition of Ned Kelly.
Port Arthur A Place Of Misery
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Author : Maggie Weidenhofer
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1981
Port Arthur A Place Of Misery written by Maggie Weidenhofer and has been published by Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Convict Era Port Arthur
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Author : David W. Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2021-06
Convict Era Port Arthur written by David W. Cameron 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 2021-06 with History categories.
Detailing the development of the prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines and providing an account of the changing views to convict rehabilitation, Convict-era Port Arthur focuses in on a number of individuals, telling the story through their eyes. Charles O'Hara Booth, a significant commandant of Port Arthur; Mark Jeffrey, a convict who became the grave digger on the Island of the Dead; and William Thompson, who arrived just as the new probation system started and who was forced to work in the treacherous coal mines. Convict-era Port Arthur will for the first time provide a comprehensive history of Port Arthur, its horrors and its changing role over a fifty-year period. In gripping detail, using the experiences and words of the convicts, soldiers and administrators who spent time there, David W. Cameron brings to life these deeply miserable days.
Port Arthur And Vicinity Texas
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Author : United States. Engineers Corps
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Port Arthur And Vicinity Texas written by United States. Engineers Corps and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Hurricane protection categories.
Storm Bay
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Author : Patricia Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-10-27
Storm Bay written by Patricia Shaw and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Fiction categories.
Prisoners of the Crown are being played by the state... Patricia Shaw's Storm Bay is a gripping saga of shocking revelations and conspiracy behind the transportation of British convicts to Tasmania. The perfect read for fans of Tamara McKinley and Coleen McCullough. 'A well-researched, compelling story' - Launceston Examiner Portsmouth, 1832. Once the pride of the British East India fleet, the Veritas has fallen on hard times. She is now a transport ship, her cargo prisoners of the Crown, her destination the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, the southernmost State of Australia. Pastor Bob Cookson tries to offer solace to the convicts on board, but is shocked to discover that most of them have committed only trivial offences. He suspects a conspiracy to empty British prisons, but finds a more sinister motive at work... What readers are saying about Storm Bay: 'This book is up to Patricia Shaw's high standard' 'Excellently researched - the plot was so intriguing and so interwoven I couldn't put it down' 'A well written story that keeps you turning the pages'
The Means Of Escape
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Author : Penelope Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Release Date : 2001
The Means Of Escape written by Penelope Fitzgerald and has been published by Thorndike Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
The last book and only collection of short stories by Penelope Fitzgerald fittingly showcases her at her wisest, her funniest, her best. Like her novels, these stories are "mordantly funny, morally astute . . . [as] they plumb the endless absurdities of the human heart" (Washington Post Book World). Roaming the globe and the ages, the stories travel from England to France to New Zealand and from today to the seventeenth century and back again.Now featuring an introductory essay by A. S. Byatt and two newly published stories, this Mariner edition of THE MEANS OF ESCAPE "serves as an elegiac gift to dedicated fans of her award-winning novels and a tantalizing introduction for new readers" (Entertainment Weekly). It memorializes a writer guided by a generous but unwavering moral gaze and proves once more "why [Fitzgerald] will endure" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).