July 19, 1824 — Alexander Pearce is hanged for his crimes
Finally, after escaping twice from custody, and participating in the murders of 6 men (at least two of whom he...
February 19, 2021
The Past
April 19, 1824 — Lord Byron dies
George Gordon Byron, the 6th Baron Byron, was one of the greatest of the Romantic poets, responsible for such works...
February 24, 2021
November 21, 1823 — Alexander Pearce kills and eats Thomas Cox
Thomas Cox was probably foolish to try escaping alone with Alexander Pearce. While the authorities might not have believed that...
February 27, 2021
November 16, 1823 — Alexander Pearce escapes Macquarie Harbour again
Alexander Pearce escaped custody for the last time in the company of one Thomas Cox. However, their escape was due...
March 4, 2021
January 23, 1823 — Alexander Pearce is tried and sentenced in Hobart Town
Alexander Pearce had committed many crimes – the original theft that saw him transported to Van Diemens Land from Ireland,...
March 8, 2021
January 11, 1823 — Alexander Pearce recaptured in Hobart Town
After 113 days of freedom, about half of it spent making the deadly trip from Macquarie Harbour to Hobart Town...
March 14, 2021
September 30, 1822 — Alexander Pearce and his fellows cross the Franklin River
By this point in their escape – after eleven days on the run – the five remaining escapees reached the...
March 19, 2021
September 27, 1822 — Alexander Pearce and his fellows kill and eat the first of their number
Pearce and his five fellows – Alexander Dalton, Thomas Bodenham, Matthew Travers, Robert Greenhill and John Mather – had been...
March 24, 2021
September 20, 1822 — Alexander Pearce and five others escape Macquarie Harbour
Alexander Pearce was a convict in the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a “secondary punishment” penal colony located on Sarah Island...
March 29, 2021
July 8, 1822 — Percy Bysse Shelley dies
One of the greatest of the Romantic Poets, Shelley was the husband of Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) and a...
April 4, 2021
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