The Wentworths
Father and Son
$54.99
- Paperback
332 pages
- Release Date
9 September 1995
Summary
Biography of D’Arcy and William Wentworth.D’Arcy Wentworth was born in Ireland in 1762. While living in London, he was tried four times on nine charges of highway robbery. He reached New South Wales in 1790 and worked as an assistant-surgeon on Norfolk Island. Returning to Sydney in 1796, he rose to be principal surgeon, superintendent of police, treasurer of the police fund and a magistrate. He also engaged in trade, retailing, agriculture, building and banking. By the time of his death in 1…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522848786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522848788 |
| Author: | John Ritchie |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 332 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 9 September 1995 |
| Weight: | 434g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Miegunyah Press, Series 2 |
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John Ritchie
Professor John Ritchie is general editor (since 1988) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography at the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. His publications include Punishment and Profit, The Evidence to the Bigge Reports, Australia as once we were, A Charge of Mutiny, and Lachlan Macquarie- a biography.
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