Physical description

303 p. : includes map: 'Port Jackson and Environs circa 1828'. Plain red cover, original dust jacket removed, title and author's name handwritten on spine.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Stamp indicating book was previously in another collection: 'Enterprise Library, 118 Balcombe Rd, Mentone'.

Summary

The adventures of a Londoner who is transported as a convict to NSW. The book was published as the work of James Tucker, a convict transported to NSW in 1827 who is thought to have died in 1888. However authorship by Tucker has never been confirmed, although the book is understood to reflect the realities of convict life.

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References

  • Peter Scott, 'Tucker, James (1808–1888)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tucker-james-2746/text3885, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 25 April 2024.