An excursion to Port Arthur in 1842 [microform] / by David Burn

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Burn, David, 1798-1875
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mc N 2225 JAFp HIST 3060
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Hobart : J.W. Beattie, [1913?]
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Port Arthur VAN DIEMEN'S LAND 1
Lufra Hotel 2
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An EXCURSION to PORT ARTHUR in 1842. 13
Illustrations. 14
Index 17
Index to Advertisements 18
Foreword. 19
An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842. 25
SCENERY OF FREDERICK HENRY BAY 26
CONVICT RAILWAY. 28
PORT ARTHUR. 29
SUNDAY AT PORT ARTHUR—THE CHURCH 29
CONVICT LIFE AND TREATMENT. 30
HOSPITAL. 32
POINT PIER. 35
POINT PUER WORKSHOPS. 36
ISLE OF THE DEAD. 37
PORT ARTHUR SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY. 38
YOUTHFUL MURDERER. 39
DOCKYARD AND GOVERNMENT GARDENS. 40
FLINDERS BAY PROBATION STATION. 41
EAGLEHAWK NECK. 42
COMMANDANT NEARLY LOSES HIS LIFE. 45
NATURAL WONDERS OF EAGLEHAWK NECK. 45
FRENCHMEN AND THE RAILWAY 46
SOME DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM AT PORT ARTHUR. 46
PORT ARTHUR TELEGRAPH 48
POTTERY. 48
MILITARY BARRACKS. 49
SOME HISTORICAL NOTES. 49
CASCADE PROBATION STATION. 50
COMMANDANTS ENERGY AND FORETHOUGHT. 50
ESCAPES. 51
IMPRESSION BAY STATION. 51
SALTWATER CREEK AGRICULTURAL STATION. 52
COAL MINES STATION. 55
Extracts from the Notes of an Officer of the Convict Department, Point Puer. 56
EAGLEHAWK NECK. 58
Strength of the Penal Establishments on Tasman Peninsula in 1844. 59
CAPTIVE. 60
Sorrow Songs from Point Puer. 60
Succession of Commandants at Port Arthur. 60
MY NATIVE LAND. 61
"ISLE DES MORTS," OR DEAD MAX’S ISLAND. 62
Records from the Office of the Comptroller-General of Convicts. 65
REMOVED TO HOBART TOWN. 71
REMOVED TO ROSS. 72
ARRIVED NORFOLK ISLAND OCTOBER 2, 1835. 78
ARRIVED VAN DIEMEN'S LAND NOVEMEBR 26. 1845- 79
ARRIVED NORFOLK ISLAND SEPTEMBER 14. 1851. 80
PORT ARTHUR. 80
MACQUARIE HARBOUR PENAL STATION. 88
MARIA ISLAND PENAL STATION. 88
FREE BY SERVITUDE. 90
FROM HIS ARRIVAL AT THAT SETTLEMENT 90
FREE BY SERVITUDE 91
HOBART TOWN 91
TICKET OF LEAVE, JULY 15. 1844 92
EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION FOR FEMALES, CASCADES, HOBART TOWN. 96
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