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Martin Cash Martin Cash i(A24682 works by)
Born: Established: 1808 Wexford (County),
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Ireland,
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 1877 Glenorchy, Glenorchy area, Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1828
Heritage: Irish
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1 y separately published work icon The Uncensored Story of Martin Cash (Australian Bushranger) as Told to James Lester Burke Martin Cash , James Lester Burke , Joan Dehle Emberg (editor), Buck Thor Emberg (editor), Launceston : Regan Publications , 1991 Z571732 1991 single work novel biography
1 Martin Cash (from The Adventures of Martin Cash : Comprising a Faithful Account of His Exploits, While a Bushranger Under Arms in Tasmania, in Company with Kavanagh and Jones in the Year 1843) Martin Cash , 1987 extract
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography 1987; (p. 21-22)
2 2 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Martin Cash : Comprising a Faithful Account of His Exploits, While a Bushranger Under Arms in Tasmania, in Company with Kavanagh and Jones in the Year 1843 Martin Cash , James Lester Burke , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1870 Z61300 1870 single work novel biography

"Cash records that he was transported to New South Wales in 1828 for shooting a rival in love. He was assigned to a station on the Hunter River, where he led a peaceful life as a shepherd and stock-keeper for about nine years, describing this period as a 'green spot in the desert' of his life. He was unjustly implicated in cattle stealing and ran away with a female companion. He worked briefly for a number of country masters (including explorer Charles Sturt) until 1837 when he and his companion fled to Van Diemen's Land. There he was again accused of a crime he did not commit, and sentenced to seven years at Port Arthur. He escaped and was recaptured a number of times before finally serving time in chains under Commandant Charles O'Hara Booth at Port Arthur. During this time he conceived a 'deep and concentrated hatred of that power which was undeservedly prosecuting me'. He had two companions, Lawrence Kavanagh and David Jones, finally effecting a daring escape from the Port Arthur peninsula, and became bushrangers, committing a series of robberies on roads and of private houses and inns during 1843. Cash was captured while trying to visit his lover in Hobart Town and was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to transportation to Norfolk Island" (Walsh and Hooton 34-5).

Source

Walsh, Kay and Joy Hooton. Australian Autobiographical Narratives : An Annotated Bibliography. Canberra : Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, University College, ADFA and National Library of Australia, 1993.

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