The Life and Experiences of an Ex-convict in Port Macquarie, by William Delaforce, a.k.a. "Woomera"
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About this eBook
- Author
- Woomera, 1817-1900
- Title
- The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie
- Credits
- Produced by Gísli Valgeirsson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at The National Library of Australia.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58176
- Release Date
- October 27, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LIFE ... AND ... EXPERIENCES OF AN EX-CONVICT IN PORT MACQUARIE — TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 2.INTRODUCTION.
- 3.CHAPTER I. Farewell To My Native Land.
- 4.CHAPTER II. Arrival at Sydney.
- 5.CHAPTER III. "Fresh Fields and Pastures New."
- 6.CHAPTER IV. To Port Macquarie.
- 7.CHAPTER V. The Iron Gang.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. Assigned to Lake Innes.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. The Blind Mob.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. The Road Parties.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. "Specials" and Others.
- 12.CHAPTER X. Some Notable Constables.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. At Rollands Plains.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. The Female Convicts.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. Some Practical Jokes.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. The Aborigines.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. A Free Man.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. The Yacht "Wanderer." — The "Rosetta Joseph."
- 19.CHAPTER XVII. Escape of Prisoners.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII. A LAST WORD.
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