This article was originally published as: ‘The convict ship Hashemy at Port Phillip: a case study in historical error’ Victorian Historical Journal, vol 85, no 1, June 2014 [Download the original article from UniMelb Minerva or Academia] Citations should refer to the pagination of the original article. Responses to this paper Tweeted when presented in … Continue reading The Convict Ship Hashemy at Port Phillip: a case study in historical error
Van Diemen’s Land
Duchene / Hargraves
ALEXANDRE JULIEN DUCHENE was not even four years into a fourteen year sentence in Van Diemen’s Land in 1840 when Major D’Arcy Wentworth, the Police Magistrate at Launceston, described him as ‘a man of most exemplary conduct’. Edward Hammond Hargraves, was less than two years into enjoying his claim to have started the Australian gold … Continue reading Duchene / Hargraves
Eugene Rossiet Lennon: Professeur Extraordinaire
The Life and Loves of Eugene Rossiet Lennon, Professeur Extraordinaire. What they said about Eugene Rossiet Lennon: He displayed "manly and intrepid conduct" in saving children, "at the imminent peril and risk of his own life" - Hobart Town Daily Mercury, 1858. They wanted to sack me in order to obtain "the more brilliant services … Continue reading Eugene Rossiet Lennon: Professeur Extraordinaire
Historia Incognita 