Evidence: | 'Some Hobart Town newspapers have come on board. O'Brien is still in very close confinement on an island off the east coast, called Maria Island, a rugged and desolate territory, about twelve miles in length... By the advertisements I see there at present no fewer than five ships at present laid on for California from the two ports, Hobart Town, south, and Launceston, north. There is now a brisk trade between Van Diemen's Land and San Francisco...' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 8 Apr 1850 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia (Van Diemen's Land) | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Hobart Town county: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) other location: on board the "Neptune", in Hobart Town harbour |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Mitchel |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1815 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason |
Religion: | Presbyterian family |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Australia (Van Diemen's Land) |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | [newspapers] |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | published in Hobart Town |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12803 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Mitchel | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Jail Journal | |
Place of Publication: | Dublin | |
Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 225 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 225, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12803, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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