The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie

Name: The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie
Author: Woomera

Woomera

Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales; Prisoners -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography; Woomera, 1817-1900

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                                  THE

                            LIFE ...

                                  AND

                             ... EXPERIENCES

                                  OF

                             AN EX-CONVICT

                                  IN

                            PORT MACQUARIE

                           NEW SOUTH WALES:

                R. DAVIDSON, Printer, Port Macquarie.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

                                                  PAGE
INTRODUCTION                                       iii
CHAPTER I.      Farewell To My Native Land.          1
CHAPTER II.     Arrival at Sydney.                   5
CHAPTER III.    "Fresh Fields and Pastures New."     6
CHAPTER IV.     To Port Macquarie.                   8
CHAPTER V.      The Iron Gang.                      11
CHAPTER VI.     Assigned to Lake Innes.             22
CHAPTER VII.    The Blind Mob.                      33
CHAPTER VIII.   The Road Parties.                   35
CHAPTER IX.     "Specials" and Others.              49
CHAPTER X.      Some Notable Constables.            55
CHAPTER XI.     At Rollands Plains.                 65
CHAPTER XII.    The Female Convicts.                68
CHAPTER XIII.   Some Practical Jokes.               72
CHAPTER XIV.    The Aborigines.                     75
CHAPTER XV.     A Free Man.                         79
CHAPTER XVI.    The Yacht "Wanderer."               84
CHAPTER XVII.   Escape of Prisoners.                89
CHAPTER XVIII.  A Last Word.                        91

INTRODUCTION.

Port Macquarie, as is generally known, was one of the first Settlements
made in New South Wales. It is intended herein to give a full and
authentic synopsis of the Life of the Oldest Living Ex-Convict on
the Hastings River, near Port Macquarie, extending from the thirties
onwards. The information comes purely from memory, hence exact dates
on which certain events occurred cannot be given; nevertheless the
greatest care has been taken to give dates as near as possible.

The Life of an Ex-Convict.

CHAPTER I.

FAREWELL TO MY NATIVE LAND.

 "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our
 virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and our crimes
 would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues."

                                                         --SHAKESPEARE.

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The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie

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