Martin Cash (1810-1877) was transported from Ireland to New South Wales in 1828 and later sent to Van Diemen's Land, where repeated convictions led him to Port Arthur. In 1843 he escaped across Eaglehawk Neck with fellow convicts Lawrence Kavanagh and George Jones, and the three spent months bushranging before Cash was recaptured in Hobart after shooting a constable. Sentenced to death, he was reprieved while Kavanagh and Jones were hanged, and was instead sent to Norfolk Island, where good conduct earned him a position as a constable.
His story was dictated to fellow convict James Lester Burke and first published in 1870. This edition, compiled by Joan Dehle Emberg and Buck Thor Emberg from Burke's original handwritten manuscript located in the Hobart archives, restores material cut from earlier, abridged editions. A 2023 University of Tasmania thesis examining the manuscript describes Burke's own role as closer to co-author than simple scribe, a nuance worth noting alongside this edition's own claim to present Cash's story in his own words.
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BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover book
- Published 1991 by Regal Publications. Now out of print.
- 269-pages
CONDITION
Used but readable condition. Some marks and wear to cover and outer edge of page block.
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