Vicious, savage dogs and shark-infested waters could not stop convicts from making their escape from Port Arthur. Martin Cash and George 'Billy' Hunt are just two convicts who attempted the pass at Eaglehawk Neck in Tasmania.
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SOURCES
Martin Cash, the bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843-4: a personal narrative of his exploits in the bush and his experiences at Port Arthur and Norfolk Island by Martin Cash. Hobart: J. Walch & Sons, 1911 Launceston: A.W. Birchall & Son, 1911
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2595495428/view?partId=nla.obj-2595506296#page/n82/mode/1up
"Domestic Intelligence." Colonial Times, January 24, 1843
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8753277?searchTerm=martin%20cash
"Reward." Launceston Advertiser, January 26, 1843
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84767681?searchTerm=martin%20cash
Pack of Thieves,? 52 Port Arthur Lives by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Susan Hood
A – Z of convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard
The Penal Settlements of early Van Diemen's Land by Thomas James Lempiere 1796-1852. Royal Society of Tasmania, Northern Branch 1954
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/183068
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