Alexander Pearce - 'Narrative of the escape of eight convicts from Macquarie Harbour in Sep. 1822, a...
Alexander Pearce - 'Narrative of the escape of eight convicts from Macquarie Harbour in Sep. 1822, a...
Alexander Pearce - 'Narrative of the escape of eight convicts from Macquarie Harbour in Sep. 1822, and of their murders and cannibalism committed during their wanderings', ca. 1824
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Date
ca. 1824
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SAFE/DLMS 3
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1 volume - 0.05 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Fonds
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Digitised
Finding aids
View transcript online - http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D16523/a6352.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Pearce's account of his escape in 1822. It is based on his interrogation by Rev. Robert Knopwood probably in January 1824.
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Full title
Alexander Pearce - 'Narrative of the escape of eight convicts from Macquarie Harbour in Sep. 1822, and of their murders and cannibalism committed during their wanderings', ca. 1824
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Digital order no:Album ID : 823468...
Contextual Information
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Bequest of Sir William Dixson in 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Alexander Pearce arrived in Hobart on the Castle Forbes in February 1820, transported for seven years for stealing six pairs of shoes. In June 1822 he was convicted of forging a money order and being illegally at large and ordered to the penal settlement at Macquarie Harbour for the remainder of his original sentence. In September, with six other...
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SAFE/DLMS 3
Record Identifier
1wN2PWxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2PWxn
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Reference code
446620
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