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Some account of the marriage and subsequent fate of George Watts a prisoner sent out per Calcutta to Port Phillip and from thence transferred to V[an] D[iemen’s] Land

 Item — box-folder: 3661.6

Abstract

[M5250] 10p., ms. In Fawkner’s hand. Not signed or dated. The story of Watts, as told by Fawkner, is that of a decent and industrious individual driven to bushranging by the persecution of corrupt and malicious colonial officials. At the bottom left corner of p.10 is inscribed “J.J. Walsh/Drouin/[illegible]”. (On Walsh, see the notes on the 1869 Diary, below).

  • box-folder: 3661.6 (Text)

Repository details

Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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