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Born: Established: Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ;
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1 y separately published work icon Malayan Night Vera Fisher , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1950-1959 Z1158813 1950-1959 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Hymns in Time of War Katie Brain , Hobart : Katie Brain , 1914 Z811162 1914 single work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Certain Verses J. E. Mercer , Hobart : J. E. Mercer , 1912 Z1288759 1912 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Verse James Hebblethwaite , Hobart : James Hebblethwaite , 1896 Z241761 1896 selected work poetry
2 2 y separately published work icon Younah : A Tasmanian Aboriginal Romance of the Cataract Gorge Mrs W. I. Thrower , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1894 Z1116957 1893 single work novel romance
1 y separately published work icon Alcyone and Other Love Poems Edward P. Vines , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1894 Z1468685 1894 selected work poetry
2 y separately published work icon An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842 David Burn , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1892 Z807404 1842 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.
1 3 y separately published work icon Austral Lyrics and Fugitive Pieces Frank Penn-Smith , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1890 Z102499 1890 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Guide for Visitors to Tasmania; or, How to Spend My Holiday, 1887-8 Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1887 23483699 1887 single work prose travel
1 y separately published work icon Collection of Poems and Stanzas F. Allison , Hobart : F. Allison , 1885 Z814670 1885 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Cruise of the Isabel : A Pleasant Fortnight Spent Sailing in Calm Waters Frederick Salier , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1885 21955814 1885 single work prose travel
1 y separately published work icon Sketches over 50,000 Miles F. T. Chapman , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1875 20349351 1875 single work prose travel
2 2 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Martin Cash : Comprising a Faithful Account of His Exploits, While a Bushranger Under Arms in Tasmania, in Company with Kavanagh and Jones in the Year 1843 Martin Cash , James Lester Burke , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1870 Z61300 1870 single work novel biography

"Cash records that he was transported to New South Wales in 1828 for shooting a rival in love. He was assigned to a station on the Hunter River, where he led a peaceful life as a shepherd and stock-keeper for about nine years, describing this period as a 'green spot in the desert' of his life. He was unjustly implicated in cattle stealing and ran away with a female companion. He worked briefly for a number of country masters (including explorer Charles Sturt) until 1837 when he and his companion fled to Van Diemen's Land. There he was again accused of a crime he did not commit, and sentenced to seven years at Port Arthur. He escaped and was recaptured a number of times before finally serving time in chains under Commandant Charles O'Hara Booth at Port Arthur. During this time he conceived a 'deep and concentrated hatred of that power which was undeservedly prosecuting me'. He had two companions, Lawrence Kavanagh and David Jones, finally effecting a daring escape from the Port Arthur peninsula, and became bushrangers, committing a series of robberies on roads and of private houses and inns during 1843. Cash was captured while trying to visit his lover in Hobart Town and was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to transportation to Norfolk Island" (Walsh and Hooton 34-5).

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.
1 y separately published work icon Tasmanian House of Assembly : A Metrical Catalogue Maxwell Miller , Hobart : Office of "The Mercury" , 1860 Z1287168 1860 single work poetry prose satire
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