422700
- TitlePatrick F. M. R. Pelly papers, 1891-1901
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- Call numberMLMSS 3241
- Level of descriptionfonds
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- Reference code422700
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Major Patrick Francis Marie Rohan Pelly was the name adopted by Frank Pearson c.1837-1899, alias Frank Gordon after his release from prison in Queensland. He served a sentence 1869-1884 for the shooting of constable M'Cabe and is assumed to have been the prototype of Captain Starlight, the bushranger in Rolfe Boldrewood's Robbery under arms. He worked in New South Wales 1891-1895 and in the Western Australian Mines Department and Geological Survey in Perth, where he died - Scope and Content1 box of textual material
Papers, collected and annotated by A. V. J. Parry, 1950, including official Western Australian files with reports in Pelly's hand, photographs, newscuttings, and photocopies of above, incomplete - Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1050C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - General note
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