Prison Hulk to Redemption: A History of a Catholic Family Part One 1788-1900 Second Edition
Gerard Charles Wilson, "Prison Hulk to Redemption: A History of a Catholic Family Part One 1788-1900 Second Edition "
English | ISBN: 1876262397 | 2020 | 369 pages | EPUB | 605 KB
English | ISBN: 1876262397 | 2020 | 369 pages | EPUB | 605 KB
SECOND EDITION Revised 2022
A history of colonial Australia, not of the famous and heroic, but of the small people, the anonymous people who were the heartbeat of a growing nation
In this first book of his social history series, the author sets out on a journey through Australia’s colonial history with his ancestors from British Isles. All arrived by the 1830s, two on the First Fleet in 1788. Most are from central and southern England. Four are from two little villages close by each other in Wiltshire: Semley and Donhead St Mary. In addition, two convicts and one free settler came from Dublin, Monaghan, and Donegal in Ireland, and a farming family of four came from Aberdeen in Scotland. It is surprising how much he finds out about them all—joys, successes, and tragedies. Their lives are anything but dull.
James Joseph Wilson, who narrowly escaped the gallows and was surprisingly literate for a man thrice convicted of burglary, arrived in Port Jackson on board the
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