Tasmania Police Department depositions sworn before the Superintendent of Police for the County of Buckinghamshire, A. W. H. Humphrey, 22 March 1826, and before the Superintendent of Police for the County of Cornwall, P. A. Mulgrave, 10-23 March 1826, regarding the bushranger Matthew Brady and his party

DLMSQ 661

fonds

10 March, 1826-23 March, 1826

947139

1 volume of textual material (66 p.) - 32 cm.

Matthew Brady, 1799-1826, was convicted of forgery in 1820 and transported to New South Wales. He was later sent to the penal station at Maquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land from where he escaped in 1824 and roamed the island for two years as a bushranger. He was eventually captured near Launceston and hanged in May 1826

Binder's title: V. D. L. Depositions 1826. Matthew Brady Bushranger

Bound in brown half leather by Corbett, 243 Pitt St., Sydney

Detailed contents list in front of volume

Sir William Dixson's bookplate

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

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

Transferred from DLSPENCER 18