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Issue Details: First known date: 1842... vol. 1 no. 4 1842 of The Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, etc est. 1842 The Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, etc
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An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842, David Burn , single work autobiography travel

"First published in the Tasmania Journal in 1842, this is a narrative of a five-day visit to the convict settlement at Port Arthur. Besides the main establishment at Port Arthur, Burn visited the boy's penitentiary at Point Puer, the Isles des Morts, Flinders Bay, Saltwater Creek, Cascade and Impression Bay. Burn praises the organisation and treatment of the convicts under Commandant Captain Booth, describing their appearance, accommodation, and occupations. He sees and comments on a number of well-known convicts, including the writer, Henry Savery and Chartist John Frost" (Walsh and Hooton 32).

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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Note: link and pagination is to the 3 volume edition.
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