Convict Poetry |
The relatively short history of Australian writing begins in the convict era and is all the more compelling when we consider the fact that a man could be flogged for simply possessing a piece of paper...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:32:00 PST |
The Ballad of Moondyne Joe |
The Ballad of Moondyne JoeIn the Darling Ranges, many years ago,There lived a daring outlaw, by the name of 'Moondyne Joe'.He stole the squatter's horses, and a sheep or two or three,He loved to roam...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:40:00 PST |
Who were the convicts? |
Who were the convicts?While the vast majority of the convicts to Australia were English (70%), Irish (24%) or Scottish (5%), the convict population had a multicultural flavour. Some convicts had been...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:23:00 PST |
Animae Viles |
On a warm, starry night just outside a New South Welsh settlement known as Castle Hill in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight, the second of the reign of good Queen Victoria, two m...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:06:00 PST |
Botany Bay |
Farewell to old England foreverFarewell to my rum culls as wellFarewell to the well known Old BaileyWhere I used for to cut such a swellSinging Tooral liooral liadditySinging Tooral liooral liaySingi...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST |
George Barrington, the convict writer |
George Barrington was an Irishman, born in Maynooth in 1755. He was the son of a Silversmith and began his career in crime as early as 1771 when he robbed his school master and ran away from school. ...
Posted by The Scourge of Britain on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:38:00 PST |
