The Uncensored Story of Martin Cash
Author: Martin Cash
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
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The Uncensored Story of Martin Cash
Author: Buck Emberg
Publisher:
Published: 1992-10-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780949457431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTranscription of the story of one of Australia's best known convict outlaws, as dictated by Cash himself 120 years ago in a manuscript only recently discovered. An Irish convict, Cash spent nine years in New South Wales before leaving for Hobart where he offended the local constables, was framed, and commenced his career. This publication includes the entire manuscript, including the original author's deletions.
Solomon's Noose
Author: Steve Harris
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Published: 2018-09-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1922129836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of a young convict, Solomon Blay, who became Her Majesty's hangman in Van Diemen's Land; the man who personally had to deliver an Empire's judgment on 200 men and women, and endured his own noose of personal demons and demonisation in order to "survive"; all in the context of the great struggles of good-evil, life-death, hope-despair, which drew the attention of Darwin, Twain, Trollope and Dickens as Van Diemen's Land evolved from a Hades of Evil to sow the seeds of nationhood. The book paints a vivid picture of the society and poverty from which Blay's character was forged in England and the desperate, brutal nature of being a convict in Van Diemen's Land. Solomon's Noose is an important book in exposing the dark 'underbelly' in the formation of modern Australia. From the furthest corner of that foreign country, the past, comes the haunting story of the convict who became the British Empire's youngest executioner. Beware the shock of the true. - Andrew Rule, award-winning journalist and author. Impressive research and a story that challenges the imagination - except that it's true. A prisoner elects to become a hangman - to improve his lot in life. All this set against the Gothic world of Van Diemen's Land in the time of convicts, bushrangers and rough justice. - Les Carlyon, bestselling author of Gallipoli and The Great War.
The History of Australian Crime
Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Published: 2013-07-05
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1782127046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe criminal history of Australia from bushrangers who robbed, raped and murdered their way across the Outback in the late 18th and 19th centuries to today's breed of celebrity villain, from Ned Kelly and Jack the Rammer to Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read and Alan Bond.
A Compulsion to Kill
Author: Robert Cox
Publisher: Interactive Publications
Published: 2014-08-21
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1922120952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest work from acclaimed historical author Robert Cox, A Compulsion to Kill is a dramatic chronological account of 19th-century Tasmanian serial murderers. Never before revealed in such depth, the story is the culmination of extensive research and adept craftsmanship as it probes the essence of both the crimes and the killers themselves. Beginning in 1806 with Australia’s first serial killers, John Brown and Richard Lemon, A Compulsion to Kill recounts the stories of Alexander Pearce, ‘the cannibal convict’; Thomas Jeffrey, a sadist, sexual predator, cannibal, and baby-killer known as ‘the monster’; Charles Routley, who burnt one of his victims alive; cannibal convicts Broughton and McAvoy; Rocky Whelan, who in twenty-four days slew five men in cold blood; and John Haley, who killed three people in fits of rage. The final chapter investigates the still-unsolved Parkmount murders, three killings for which the two probable culprits twice faced court, only to be discharged due to faulty police investigation and neglected evidence. Most of these stories have never been told before, and none has previously been related with such detail and verifiable accuracy. A determined storyteller, Cox delivers a supremely dramatic page-turner in the true crime genre. The book includes extensive references and an index.
Australia's Birthstain
Author: Babette Smith
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2011-03-04
Total Pages: 794
ISBN-13: 1459613465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is it that Australians are still misled by myths about their convict heritage? Why are so many family historians surprised to find a convict ancestor in their family trees? Why did an entire society collude to cover up its past? Babette Smith traces the stories of hundreds of convicts over the 80 years of convict transportation to Australia....
The Uncensored Story of Martin Cash (Australian Bushranger)
Author: Martin Cash
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralian Autobiographical Narratives: To 1850
Author: Kay Walsh
Publisher: National Library Australia
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 0642105995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive guide to published Australian autobiographical writing which deals with life in Australia up to 1850. Entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Includes three separate indexes to personal names, places and subjects. Walsh has worked on numerous Australian reference publications. Hooton teaches English at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is co-author of 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature' (1985); Walsh is assisting her in preparing a new edition.
Tasmania's Convicts
Author: Alison Alexander
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2010-10
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 1459603907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land' it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells the history of the men and women transported to what became one of Britain's most notorious convict colonies. Following the lives of dozens of convicts and their families' she uncovers stories of success' failure' and everything in between. While some suffered harsh conditions' most served their time and were freed' becoming ordinary and peaceful citizens. Yet over the decades' a terrible stigma became associated with the convicts' and they and the whole colony went to extraordinary lengths to hide it. The majority of Tasmanians today have convict ancestry' whether they know it or not. While the public stigma of its convict past has given way to a contemporary fascination with colonial history' Alison Alexander debates whether the convict past lingers deep in the psyche of white Tasmania.
Incredible! Phillip Island
Author: Peter Coyne
Publisher: Peter Coyne
Published: 2009-12-08
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0980652847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn outstanding and spectacular example of the devastation which feral animals – pigs, goats and rabbits – can cause, and the ecological restoration which can be achieved with hard work and frequent risks. Access to this remote island was difficult and often dangerous and all materials had be unloaded from the boat onto slippery rocks, handled up the surrounding cliffs and back-packed across the island. Diverse eradication techniques, using swimming, rock-climbing and archery for inaccessible sites, removed the last of the feral grazers. Revegetation and faunal recovery have been remarkable. This small island is the only natural habitat of some of the world’s rarest plant species. One was unknown to science previously, another was believed extinct, while a third has only one genetic individual in the wild. The number of bird species on the island has doubled. This book describes the geological, natural and human history of the island, the pest eradication program, and the extraordinary environmental response. It was very favourably reviewed in the international journal Restoration Ecology in 2014. Prices are for PDF file version. Paperback version also available.
