Francis MacNamara - A convict's tour to hell...
Francis MacNamara - A convict's tour to hell...
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1832-1839
Call Numbers
C 967
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1296, frames 1-25 (C 967)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a733.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Title verse continues: composed at Stroud, A.A.Co.'s establishment at [?] New South Wales. Composed and written Oct. the 23rd day Anno 1832.
Other verses are:
A Petition from the Chain Gang at Newcastle to Capt. Furlong the Superintendent praying him to dismiss a scourger named Duffy from the cookhouse and appoint a man in his room [by] Frank...
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Full title
Francis MacNamara - A convict's tour to hell...
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Watermark "1838". Sewn into a cover made from a piece of Sydney Morning Herald dated 17 June 1857.
Original manuscript copied onto preservation microfilm, July 1988.
Digital order no: Album ID : 824146
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Trimingham, 1958
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Administrative / Biographical history
Convict Francis MacNamara (1811-1861) was popularly known as 'Frank the Poet' and Frank Goddard. He was employed by the Australian Agricultural Company.
References:
For a study of the authorship of this manuscript see: Frank the Poet: The Life and Works of Francis MacNamara / John Meredith & Rex Whalan. Melbourne : Red Rooster, 1979. (Tr...
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Call Numbers
C 967
Record Identifier
nV2q5pQn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2q5pQn
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Reference code
431049
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