S4E1 Four Convict Castaways

On 21 March 1823, four convict men left Sydney in a 29ft open boat heading for the Five Islands to collect cedar. On the way, they encountered a fierce storm that pushed them out to sea and hundreds of miles north. This is the story of their remarkable fight for survival. LINKS Get your copy of Convict Australia, Extraordinary true stories of shipwrecks, riots, daring escapes and more. Get your 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: SOURCES Pamphlet T & Uniacke, J. 1823 Narrative of Thomas Pamphlet, aged thirty-four years, who was with two other men wrecked on the coast of New Holland in April, 1823, and lived among the natives for seven months . Taken down by John Uniacke , Esq. viewed 25 October 2023 1823 MAGISTRATE FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. EDWARD WOLLSTONECRAFT, ESQUIRE., The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 18 December, p. 2. , viewed 04 Nov 2023, 1824 CURIOUS CASE OF SHIPWRECK., The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), 21 October, p. 2. , viewed 04 Nov 2023, 1826 REVIEW., The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 29 March, p. 4. , viewed 22 Oct 2023,

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S4E1 Four Convict Castaways is an episode from Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow.

This episode is 00:41:21 long.

This episode was published on Jun 23, 2024.

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