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Alternative title: A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventure of Certain of the Ten Convicts, Who Piratically Seized the Brig Frederick at Macquarie Harbour, in Van Diemen's Land, as Related by One of the Said Convicts Whilst Lying Under Sentence of Death for This Offence at Hobart Town
Issue Details: First known date: 1837... 1837 James Porter's Narrative
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1837 .
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Part of the Colonial Secretary's Correspondence for 1837. CSO1/700/15339 AOT.
    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Sullivan's Cove , 1981 .
      Alternative title: The Capture of the Frederick, Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1834
      Extent: 76p.
      Limited edition info: This edition is limited to 375 copies plus ten copies numbered I-X and bound in full morocco.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Editor's note: From the original manuscript in the Archives Office of Tasmania
      ISBN: 0909442185 (leather bound), 0909442193
Alternative title: A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventure of Certain of the Ten Convicts, Who Piratically Seized the Brig Frederick at Macquarie Harbour, in Van Diemen's Land, as Related by One of the Said Convicts Whilst Lying Under Sentence of Death for This Offence at Hobart Town

Works about this Work

Seven Tales for a Man with Seven Sides Hamish Maxwell-Stewart , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chain Letters : Narrating Convict Lives 2001; (p. 64-76)
Maxwell-Stewart traces the life of convict author James Porter and the published versions of Porter's account of the mutiny on the Frederick. Maxwell-Stewart also examines the textual links betweens Porter's work and Marcus Clarke's His Natural Life.
Seven Tales for a Man with Seven Sides Hamish Maxwell-Stewart , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chain Letters : Narrating Convict Lives 2001; (p. 64-76)
Maxwell-Stewart traces the life of convict author James Porter and the published versions of Porter's account of the mutiny on the Frederick. Maxwell-Stewart also examines the textual links betweens Porter's work and Marcus Clarke's His Natural Life.
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