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Memorandoms by James Martin : An Astonishing Escape from Early New South Wales / / edited and introduced by Tim Causer



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Autore: Martin James <1757-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Memorandoms by James Martin : An Astonishing Escape from Early New South Wales / / edited and introduced by Tim Causer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: UCL Press, 2017
London : , : UCL Press, , 2017
©2017
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)
Disciplina: 365.60922
Soggetto topico: Prisoners' writings
Prisoners
Exiles
Escaped prisoners
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Criminology
Exiles - Australia - New South Wales
Escaped prisoners - Australia - New South Wales
Prisoners - Great Britain
Soggetto geografico: New South Wales
Great Britain
Australia
Australia History 1788-1851
Soggetto genere / forma: History
Soggetto non controllato: jeremy bentham
australian history
james martin
Botany Bay
Mary Bryant
New South Wales
William Bryant (actor)
Persona (resp. second.): CauserTim
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: A note on the presentation of the textNotes; Introduction; Memorandoms by James Martin; BibliographyArchival Sources; Newspapers and periodicals; Parliamentary publications; Published primary sources; Secondary sources; Fiction; Index.
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Picture credits; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; A note on the ages of the escapees; Introduction; The Bryant party's escape and convict absconding in early New South Wales; The journey to Timor and the escapees' recapture; Back in Britain: James Boswell and the fate of the surviving escapees; The Mary Bryant 'legend' and interpretations of the story; Jeremy Bentham, and Panopticon versus New South Wales; The Memorandoms: previous editions and the manuscripts; Memorandoms by James Martin.
Sommario/riassunto: Among the vast body of manuscripts written and collected by the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), held by UCL Library's Special Collections, is one of the most important documents in the histories of European Australia and of convict transportation. The Memorandoms of James Martin is the only known narrative written by members of the first cohort of prisoners transported to Australia, is the first Australian convict narrative, and is the only first-hand account of the best-known Australian convict escape. On the night of 28 March 1791, James Martin, William Bryant, his wife.
Titolo autorizzato: Memorandoms by James Martin  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-911576-81-X
1-911576-84-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910213851003321
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