Owen Suffolk's days of crime and years of suffering

Edit by David Dunstan
Published by Australian Scholarly Publishing (2000)

ISBN: 1875606580

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Book description
Owen Suffolk began his autobiography, Days of crime and years of suffering, in his cell on a prison hulk moored in Hobson's Bay in 1858. The book describes his expereriences as a convict transported to Australia from Victorian England for a series of petty crimes.

A rarity among convicts, Suffolk was middle-class, literate and well-spoken. His autobiography, an impressive document of the Victorian era, caused a sensation when published in newspaper serial form in 1867.

The autobiography, which has been republished in full with illustrations, a scholarly introduction and notes, provides an entertaining and poetic, if not always truthful, account of life in Australia's early prison system.

About the author
Dr David Dunstan is a lecturer in the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University.

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