Charles Taw and others - statements concerning the seizure of the government brig Frederick at Macqu...
Charles Taw and others - statements concerning the seizure of the government brig Frederick at Macqu...
Charles Taw and others - statements concerning the seizure of the government brig Frederick at Macquarie Harbour, 1834
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1834
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DLADD 160
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1 folder - 0.03 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Fonds
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Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00020/a1695.html
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Statements (or Informations) in duplicate made by the captain, crew and military guard of the Frederick on 27 February 1834: Charles Taw (captain), James Tait or Tate (Mate), David Hoy (Master Shipwright), Philip Kent (Private in the 63rd Regiment), William Nickols (convict servant), Joseph MacFarlane (convict), Henry Dearman (Corporal in the 63rd...
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Charles Taw and others - statements concerning the seizure of the government brig Frederick at Macquarie Harbour, 1834
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Digital order no:Album ID : 823764
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Bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952
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On 13 February 1834 ten convicts seized the government brig Frederick which was about to sail on her maiden voyage from Macquarie Harbour to Hobart. While the captain was waiting for the wind to change Porter and his companions overwhelmed the guard and crew and abandoned them on the shore. Eventually the castaways reached the Van Diemen's Land Co...
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DLADD 160
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1bGdxg8Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdxg8Y
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447939
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