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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    John Frederick Mortlock (1809-1882) was a military officer in England. Mortlock was sentenced to 21 years transportation in 1843, and spent time in Norfolk Island and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1857 he returned to England without permission, and following year was sentenced to re-transportation to Western Australia to serve the remainder of his sentence. Written retrospectively, Mortlock described daily convict life and Tasmania as hell. Mortlock detailed his journeys following his pardon, which included journeys to the gold fields in New South Wales and Victoria, and a second exile in Western Australia. Written as a conversational narrative, the work was self-reflexive, with Mortlock describing his efforts of getting his story published.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Experiences of a Convict, transported for twenty-one years. An Autobiographical Memoir. By an Ex-Military Officer
      London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      image of person or book cover 1938079202329479350.png
      Extent: 234p.
      Note/s:
      • Ferguson 12872
      • Printed by Richard Barrett and Keating & Co.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: TC 365.994 MOR

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/365/M
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Works about this Work

Untitled E. Cooke , single work review
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 30 March 1967; (p. 268)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled Walter Stone , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , vol. 1 no. 2 (2nd Series) 1966; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled Noel McLachlan , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand , vol. 12 no. 1966; (p. 446-449)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled J. K. Fletcher , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Quarterly , vol. 38 no. 3 1966; (p. 122-123)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Recent Publishing and the Australian Identity Max Harris , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 10 no. 2 1966; (p. 2-6)
— Review of Forty Years' Poems Robert D. FitzGerald , 1965 selected work poetry ; The Fear Thomas Keneally , 1965 single work novel ; Day of My Delight : An Anglo-Australian Memoir Martin Boyd , 1965 single work autobiography ; Cock Crow : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1965 selected work poetry ; Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography ; Lettres d'un mineur en Australie Antoine Fauchery , 1857 selected work correspondence biography ; The Road to Gundagai Graham McInnes , 1965 single work autobiography
Documents of the Past Nancy Keesing , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 66-69)
— Review of Lettres d'un mineur en Australie Antoine Fauchery , 1857 selected work correspondence biography ; Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled D. W. A. Baker , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 1965; (p. 11)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled D. R. Hainsworth , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January vol. 5 no. 2-3 1965-1966; (p. 34)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
Untitled Ian Hicks , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 Novembeer 1965; (p. 18)
— Review of Experiences of a Convict Transported for Twenty-One Years 1864 single work autobiography
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Subjects:
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Norfolk Island, Australian External Territories,
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
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