spirit in Old Tales of a Young Country
e grace of the Governor. On the 28th of February a "mutinous plot" was discovered among the convicts, who had planned to steal the provisions and take to the bush. Four were arraigned, three sentenced to death, and the fourth to be flogged. Only one, however, was executed--the ringleader, Thomas Ba…
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- Year
- 1,871
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- 1868
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- Publication
- Old Tales of a Young Country; Marcus Clarke
- Published
- 1871
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
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- spirit
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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e grace of the Governor. On the 28th of February a "mutinous plot" was discovered among the convicts, who had planned to steal the provisions and take to the bush. Four were arraigned, three sentenced to death, and the fourth to be flogged. Only one, however, was executed--the ringleader, Thomas Barrett, "an old and desperate offender, who died with a hardy spirit." He was swung off the limb of a big tree, near which were assembled the whole body of convicts, guarded by the battalion of marines. The constitution of the court by which these fellows were tried was rather peculiar. The number of members, including the judge-advocate,.
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