Old Convict Days
Author | : William Derricourt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Derricourt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Derricourt |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2021-11-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Old Convict Times to Gold Digging Days is an autobiography by William Derricourt. Excerpt: "My first work was breaking stones in the Domain, half a yard of two-inch stone being the allotted daily task for each man. On the Saturday afternoon we were allowed to go into the town and get small jobs of work, such as chopping wood, sweeping yards, and cleaning up for Sunday. I was at this for about a month, and had earned what was known as a "holey dollar," that is, a dollar with a piece punched out of the middle. The punched out piece was called a "dump," and was valued at thirteen pence. In return for our Saturday afternoon's work we would get quantities of scraps of food, saved up on purpose during the week, and often, if there were any government women about the places where we were employed, some tea or coffee."
Author | : William Derrincourt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Derricourt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Derricourt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Louis Becke |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2017-04-28 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : 9780259487999 |
Excerpt from Old Convict Days In reading our hero's recollections of his prison life on Cockatoo Island, I was greatly impressed with the retentiveness of his memory and the accuracy of his description of this once dreaded island. As a lad of ten years of age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.