Evidence: | 'When I got back Polly had gone to bed so I sat & read for an hour & then followed her up stairs. The book I was reading or skimming was called "Blueskin" or the adventures of "Jonathan Wild" the great thief taker. It was taken away from a prisoner in the Gaol & is certainly as mischievous a work as could possibly gain access to a place of confinement. It describes fully all sorts of different plans & attempts at Escape made by "Jack Sheppard" & others & is just such a book as would fire the imagination of the "larrikin" class who evidently consider "breaking prison" a most heroic exploit & who would as a rule put up with extra loss of liberty for the glory of appearing in the papers & being thought "lads of spirit" by their contemporaries.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Apr 1871 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Melbourne location in dwelling: at home |
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Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Prison Governor |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Australia |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Blueskin, or the adventures of Jonathan Wild |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | stolen confiscated from prisoner |
Record ID: | 23586 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
Title: | Diaries | |
Location: | National Library of Australia | |
Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23586, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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