Marrying the Ropemaker's Daughter: Australian Executions (1788-1824) - Couverture souple

Pfeifer, Jeffrey

 
9780645476316: Marrying the Ropemaker's Daughter: Australian Executions (1788-1824)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0645476315 ISBN 13 : 9780645476316
Editeur : Academic Resources Press, 2024

Synopsis

One month after the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove, Thomas Barrett was sentenced to death by the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction for stealing food from the Government Storehouse and executed at Gallows Hill. Over the next 37 years, another 267 men and women were sentenced to hang for a variety of crimes including murder, forgery, highway robbery and bushranging. Marrying the Ropemaker’s Daughter describes each of these cases from the crimes through to the trials and executions.

The book provides a brief glimpse into the lives (and deaths) of these individuals within the legal, social and political contexts surrounding their hangings. Based on a variety of sources including government documents, court records, newspapers and historical communications such as letters and personal diaries, these stories provide a richly textured tale of troubling events, sometimes incomplete or contradictory, but always fascinating.

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Éditeur
Academic Resources Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0645476315
ISBN 13 
9780645476316
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
298
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