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HIRST, WarwicK GREAT CONVICT ESCAPES in Colonial Australia
Australia Kangaroo Press 2003 0731812026 / 9780731812028 Revised Edition Trade Paperback VG
261pp+illus. In Colonial Times Australia was considered the perfect prison - a place where impenetrable bush and wide oceans would be a great barrier to escape than any prison walls. But hundreds of convicts did escape, most were recaptured, some perished in the bush or returned half-starved to face their punishment. Includes John Graham who lived with the Aborigines, became an expert tracker and later rescued Eliza Fraser; Mary Bryan who, with her two young children, covered almost 5000 kilometres in an open boat from Sydney to Timor; Alexander Pearce who survived a gruelling walk across Tasmania by eating his companions one by one! Includes Bibliography and Index. (First published 1999).
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10.00 GBP
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