Jack Bradshaw, papers, ca. 1932

DLMS 216

fonds

ca. 1932

942569

1 volume of textual material (30 p.) - typescript - 27 cm.

Jack Bradshaw was born in Dublin in 1846, and arrived in Melbourne in 1860. Shortly after his arrival, he went to Wangaratta, and worked on farms and as a shearer in Western New South Wales. He became friendly with Daniel Morgan the bushranger, and became a bushranger himself. He was captured after holding up the Quirindi Bank, and spent many years in prison. He published books on bushranging and prison life in New South Wales.

a. 'An interesting bit of history about what is now called Rose Hill Race Course', n.d. Published in 'Twenty years experience of prison life in the gaols of New South Wales', 1930

b. 'Berrima Gaol', ca. 1932. Published as 'On Berrima Gaol' in 'Twenty years of prison life in the gaols of New South Wales', 1930. With some minor changes of wording

c. Letter to Mr. Goddard, n.d., enclosing the manuscript 'Passing as a mounted trooper in Queensland

d. Passing as a mounted trooper in Queensland, ca. 1932. Basically the same, but with some minor changes in wording as 'Acting the trooper with my prisoner' published in 'Highway robbery under arms', 1930

e. The same. Unfinished. n.d.

Highway robbery under arms : sticking up the Quirindi Bank without the shedding of blood by Jack Bradshaw. Sydney : J. Bradshaw, 1930¶¶20 years of prison life in the gaols of New South Wales by Jack Bradshaw. Sydney : Tomalin & Wigmore, 1927

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Date of 'Berrima Gaol' and 'Passing as a mounted trooper in Queensland' ascertained from Bradshaw's note at the end of each manuscript. that he was born in 1846, and was 86 at the time of writing.

It appears that Bradshaw was offering these articles for publication. George Hubert Denvers Goddard was editor of Smith's Weekly in 1932.