Great convict escapes in colonial Australia / Warwick Hirst
- Bib ID:
- 8810640
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hirst, Warwick, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Balmain, NSW : Ligature Pty Limited, 2021
- ©1999
- 1 online resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781922730688 (EPUB)
- Series:
- untapped.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of Access: Available online.
- Summary:
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Six vividly told true stories of daring, desperate and dangerous escape attempts by colonial era convicts. Just how did Mary Bryant make it from Sydney to Timor in an open boat? And how did the murderous cannibal Alexander Pearce managed to escape not once, but twice, and with what dire consequences?--Publisher.
- Notes:
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- Title from title screen.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851
- Convicts -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851
- Convicts -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Convicts -- Australia -- History
- Convicts -- Australia -- Social conditions
- Escapes -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Prisoners -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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