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From distress to deliverance : the life and times of William Gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer /...

From distress to deliverance : the life and times of Wi...

From distress to deliverance : the life and times of William Gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer /...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa6zm0zey

From distress to deliverance : the life and times of William Gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer / Stephen Gow.

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Full title

From distress to deliverance : the life and times of William Gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer / Stephen Gow.

Call Numbers

HQ 2020/0803

Record Identifier

74VKa6zm0zey

MMS ID

991024341117002626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

305 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits ; 30cm.

Content type

text

still image

cartographic image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

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Scope and Contents

Summary

How did a young man convicted of burglary and sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey in 1816 come to be appointed as one of the first school masters in New South Wales a little over two years later? This is the remarkable story of William Gow, who arrived at Sydney Cove on the convict ship Morley in April 1817 - and the timely coincidence of his trans...

Alternative Titles

Full title

From distress to deliverance : the life and times of William Gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer / Stephen Gow.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

HQ 2020/0803

Record Identifier

74VKa6zm0zey

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa6zm0zey

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780646803791 :

DDC

994.42

MMS ID

991024341117002626

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