Correspondence and records relating to the shipwrecks of Stirling Castle, Neva and Cataraque, includ...
Correspondence and records relating to the shipwrecks of Stirling Castle, Neva and Cataraque, includ...
Correspondence and records relating to the shipwrecks of Stirling Castle, Neva and Cataraque, including John Graham's account of the rescue of Eliza Frazer and petition for pardon, 1835-1846
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29 December 1836
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DLSPENCER 196
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0.02 metres (1 folder) of textual material
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1. [Petition by John Graham to Sir Richard Bourke, 29 December 1836]
2. [Letter from John Graham to Captain Foster Fyans providing his account of rescuing survivors including Eliza Frazer after the wreck of the Stirling Castle, 6 September 1836]
3. Copies of reports and correspondence respecting the loss of the emigrant ship 'Cataraque' [Cata...
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Correspondence and records relating to the shipwrecks of Stirling Castle, Neva and Cataraque, including John Graham's account of the rescue of Eliza Frazer and petition for pardon, 1835-1846
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Digital order no:Album ID : 823739
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Bequest of Sir William Dixson, 1952
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John Graham was born about 1800 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. He arrived in Sydney in 1825 on a seven year sentence for stealing 6 pounds of hemp. In 1826 he received a second conviction for theft and was shipped to the penal settlement at Moreton Bay. A year later Graham absconded into the bush and lived with a tribe of Aboriginal people for six...
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DLSPENCER 196
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9gkdQEk9
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448870
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