S3E4 The Cooking Pot Riot

What happened when the convicts on Norfolk Island were stripped of their cooking pots? A bloodthirsty riot! Join me as I retell this gruesome true story about Alexander Maconochie’s ‘Mark System’, William Westwood better known as ‘Jackey Jackey the gentleman bushranger’ and his fight to be treated humanely. LINKS Grab a copy of Convict Sydney, the real-life stories of 32 prisoners : Support Convict Australia and receive goodies such as the Convict Australia Newsletter: Join the conversation on our Facebook & Instagram pages: Start your search for your convict ancestors: SOURCES 1846 'NORFOLK ISLAND.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) , 8 August, p. 2. , viewed 11 May 2022, 1846 'DISTURBANCES AT NORFOLK ISLAND.', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) , 8 August, p. 3. , viewed 11 May 2022, 1846 'Domestic Intelligence.', Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) , 25 August, p. 3. , viewed 11 May 2022, 1846 'NORFOLK ISLAND.', The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859) , 2 September, p. 2. , viewed 28 May 2022, 1846 'No Title', The Hobart Town Advertiser (Tas. : 1839 - 1861) , 4 September, p. 2. , viewed 25 May 2022, 1846 'NORFOLK ISLAND.', The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) , 14 November, p. 3. , viewed 28 May 2022, 1888 'CHAPTER OF OLD TIMES.', Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) , 12 June, p. 3. , viewed 28 May 2022, 2005, 'Westwood, William (1820–1846)', M. Rutledge, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, viewed 29 May 2022, 2011, ‘Alexander Maconochie’s ‘mark system.’, J. Moore, CORE: three access levels to underpin open access. D-Lib Magazine, viewed 28 May 2022, 2021, ‘The Norfolk Island Penal Station, the Panopticon, and Alexander Maconochie’s and Jeremy Bentham’s Theories of Punishment’, T. Causer, Revue d’études benthamiennes [Online], viewed 28 May 2022, THANK YOU Special thanks to Sue Reed. Music by Ahjay Stelino

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S3E4 The Cooking Pot Riot is an episode from Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow.

This episode is 00:15:27 long.

This episode was published on Jun 9, 2022.

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