Description |
265 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, plates ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
Summary |
Moondyne Joe was colonial Australia's ultimate escape artist. His daring and repeated breakouts drove the Governor to build him a special cell. And when Moondyne Joe escaped again, he drove the Governor mad. Moondyne Joe himself died a pauper in Fremantle Lunatic Asylum but not before he gained notoriety as a lawbreaker, the husband of a brothel madam, a bushman who befriended local Indigenous people, and as a folk hero who championed the underdog. Written by John Kinsella, one of Australia's best known poets, and Niall Lucy, a caustic and irreverent social commentator, this book is an anarchic and playful examination of an elusive man and the harsh convict system he resisted |
Analysis |
Australian |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and index |
Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
Subject |
Johns, Joseph Bolitho, approximately 1826-1900 -- Poetry.
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Johns, Joseph Bolitho, approximately 1826-1900.
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Australian poetry -- 21st century.
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Ballads -- Australia.
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Bushrangers -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography.
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Prisoners -- Australia -- Archival resources.
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Escapes -- Australia -- Fremantle (W.A.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Poetry.
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Author |
Lucy, Niall.
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ISBN |
9781921888526 (paperback) |
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