[TABLE OF CONTENTS.]
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| [INTRODUCTION] | iii | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | Farewell To My Native Land. | 1 |
| [CHAPTER II.] | Arrival at Sydney. | 5 |
| [CHAPTER III.] | "Fresh Fields and Pastures New." | 6 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | To Port Macquarie. | 8 |
| [CHAPTER V.] | The Iron Gang. | 11 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | Assigned to Lake Innes. | 22 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | The Blind Mob. | 33 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | The Road Parties. | 35 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | "Specials" and Others. | 49 |
| [CHAPTER X.] | Some Notable Constables. | 55 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | At Rollands Plains. | 65 |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | The Female Convicts. | 68 |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | Some Practical Jokes. | 72 |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | The Aborigines. | 75 |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | A Free Man. | 79 |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | The Yacht "Wanderer." | 84 |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | Escape of Prisoners. | 89 |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | A Last Word. | 91 |
[INTRODUCTION.]
Port Macquarie, as is generally known, was one of the first Settlements made in New South Wales. It is intended herein to give a full and authentic synopsis of the Life of the Oldest Living Ex-Convict on the Hastings River, near Port Macquarie, extending from the thirties onwards. The information comes purely from memory, hence exact dates on which certain events occurred cannot be given; nevertheless the greatest care has been taken to give dates as near as possible.
The Life of an Ex-Convict.