Recollections of a Late Undertaker single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 Recollections of a Late Undertaker
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The story of how an Irish ex convict, a 'venerable Undertaker', received his pardon from Governor Macquarie. The story is set in Sydney in the 1810s during the governorship of Macquarie.

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  • Unattributed.

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  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

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Recollections of a Late Undertaker : (No. II.) 1838 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , March vol. 1 no. 3 1838; (p. 185-186) A second piece about Tom, the ex convict Irish undertaker. The first story was published in the February 1838 issue of the Australian Magazine.
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