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Issue Details: First known date: 1837... 1837 The Felonry of New South Wales : Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance of Life in Botany Bay. With Anecdotes of Botany Bay Society, and a Plan of Sydney
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The Felonry of New South Wales: Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance of Life in Botany Bay includes extended coverage of Mudie's altercations with George Cavanagh, William Watt and the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, together with correspondence to and from James Mudie on various matters of colonial policy.

Notes

  • Sub-title: With Anecdotes of Botany Bay Society, and a Plan of Sydney.
  • Epigraph: I have been accustomed, all my days, to hear and speak the plain and simple truth. - Home.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      James Mudie ,
      1837 .
      Printed by Whaley and Co.
      Extent: viii, [9]-362p., [1] folded leaf of platesp.
      Description: 1 map
      Note/s:
      • pp.218, 246, 267, 272, 273 are wrongly numbered 128, 46, 67, 72, 27, 293-4 respectively; pp. 295-324 were never published.
      • Ferguson 2312
    • Charleston, South Carolina,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Nabu Press ,
      2010 .
      Extent: 362p.
      ISBN: 9781144552914 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Felonry of New South Wales by an Old Identity : Realistic Stories of the Early Days of the Convict Stories
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