Closing Hell's Gates: The Death of a Convict Station

by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart

In October 1827, nine convicts who had endured years of unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the system opted for "state-assisted" escape. Five terrified witnesses--their hands and feet bound--were forced to watch as the chained convicts seized Constable George Rex and drowned him in the tannin-stained waters of the harbour. When the sentence of death was pronounced upon them, the condemned prisoners uttered just one word in reply: Amen.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1741751497
• ISBN13: 9781741751499
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.6"