y separately published work icon Recollections of Life in Van Diemen's Land selected work   biography  
Issue Details: First known date: 1850... 1850 Recollections of Life in Van Diemen's Land
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

"A citizen of the United States who joined the Canadian patriot cause in 1838, William Gates was captured at Prescott, convicted and transported to Van Diemen's Land on the Buffalo. On arrival, all the Canadian rebels were placed in road gangs in the Hobart area, where they suffered badly from the heavy work and harsh conditions, several of their number dying as a result... While following the broad outline of the published narratives of other Canadian revels, such as Heustis, Marsh, Snow, and Wright, and like them, providing detailed information about convict conditions and other aspects of life in Van Diemen's Land, Gates' Recollections are more expressive of the author's thought and feelings during his ordeals as a convict" (Walsh and Hooton 67).

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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      D. S. Crandall ,
      1850 .
      Extent: 231p.
      Description: [1] title [2] blank [3-4] Preface [5]+6-20 [21] 22-38 [39] 40-58 [59] 60-71 [72] 73-101 [102] 103-114 [115] 116-131 [132] 113-137 [138] 139-145 [146] 147-152 [153] 154-168 [169] 170-192 [193] 194-203 [204] 205-216 [217] 218-231 [232] Main Text.
      Note/s:
      • Ferguson 5361
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: D. S. Ford , 1961 .
      Extent: 76p.; 56 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • In 2 volumes.

        Edited with an introduction, notes and commentary by George Mackaness.

      ISBN: 9150049682
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Historical Monographs Sydney : George Mackaness , 1937-1961 8527315 1937-1961 series - publisher

      A series of facsimile editions of early Australian works, republished by George Mackaness (printed by D.S. Ford, Sydney) over a period of thirty-six years.

      All works in this series were limited facsimile edition.

      The series was later republished in Dubbo as Australian Historical Monographs: New Series.

      Number in series: 40

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Collecting Old Tasmanian Books Ian J. Wilson , Belgrave Heights : Boobook Press , 2010 Z1747673 2010 single work criticism Old Tasmanian books covers anything printed in or about Tasmania before 1901 - mainly books and pamphlets but also newspapers, maps, prints and printed ephemera such as broadsides and handbills -- Dust jacket.
y separately published work icon Collecting Old Tasmanian Books Ian J. Wilson , Belgrave Heights : Boobook Press , 2010 Z1747673 2010 single work criticism Old Tasmanian books covers anything printed in or about Tasmania before 1901 - mainly books and pamphlets but also newspapers, maps, prints and printed ephemera such as broadsides and handbills -- Dust jacket.
Last amended 4 May 2015 15:38:49
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X