James Francis Hogan (1855–1924) wrote several histories of Irish colonisation in Australia. His family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856 where he became a respected author. After returning to Britain in 1893 he was elected a Member of Parliament, and he later became Professor of Irish History at University College Cork. This book, first published in 1891, retells the extraordinary life of Jorgen Jorgenson (1780–1841), a Danish adventurer, accomplished fraudster, amateur playwright and freelance preacher, who once declared himself the ruler of Iceland and eventually became Constable of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Working from Jorgenson's autobiography (originally printed in the Van Diemen's Land Annual 1835 and 1838), Hogan describes his early adventures as a sailor, his 'liberation' of Iceland from Denmark in 1809, his employment as a British spy, his imprisonment at Newgate and arrival in Tasmania as a convict, and his participation in the infamous Aboriginal clearances there.
By:
Jorgen Jorgenson Adapted by:
James Francis Hogan Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 340g ISBN:9781108029667 ISBN 10: 1108029663 Series:Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Pages: 266 Publication Date:30 June 2011 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction; 1. Birth in Copenhagen; 2. Famine prices in Sydney; 3. An arbitrary decree; 4. Count Dillon; 5. Paris on the morrow of Waterloo; 6. A baffled emigration project; 7. Midnight scene in Newgate; 8. Life in the hulks; 9. Landing at Hobart; 10. Jealousy of the Blacks; 11. A conditional pardon; Appendix.
