Author: Booker, John; Craig, Russell.
Title: John Croaker: Convict Embezzler.
Description: Melbourne Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2000. 1st ed. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 206 pp. John Booker and Craig Russell relate the story of John Croaker (1788 - 1824) who was an English bank clerk transported to Australia for 14 years for embezzling bank assets. His life stretches across two cultures, three continents, and both sides of the law. He died in a shipwreck off the coast of Chile. ISBN: 052284894X

Keywords: australian history, criminology, convicts, maritime, transportation, britain, new south wales (nsw) 052284894X


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