Author: Brand, Ian.
Title: Escape from Port Arthur: The Thrilling True Life Account of Escape by Sea from Australia's Most Infamous Penal Colony.
Description: Launceston Regal Publications, 1991. New ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, maps, reports, bottom corner tip front cover slightly scuffed, one word title front cover little rubbed, minor edgewear. 63 pp. In February 1839 the biggest successful escape from the penal settlement at Port Arthur, Tasmania, happened. Eight men succeeded in making their getaway in broad daylight. This is the tale of their incredible exploit, of their 1,000 mile journey in an open whale-boat, as told directly from the surviving documents. It is the most remarkable escape story in Van Diemen's Land convict history. (Reprint of 1978 issue, Jason Publications. No date, but about 1991, Trove.). ISBN: 0949457345

Keywords: australian history, criminology, convicts, tasmania, van diemen's land (vdl), port arthur 0949457345


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