Matthew Brady. Matthew Brady (1799-1826), bushranger, was convicted for stealing at Manchester, England, a basket and some butter, bacon, sugar and rice.
He was sentenced to transportation for seven years by the Lancashire Quarter Sessions held at Salford in April 1820. Described as a labourer, he was transported in the Juliana. During four years under convict discipline he received a total of 350 lashes for attempts to abscond and for other misdemeanours. Sent in 1823 to Macquarie Harbour, a new penal station for secondary offenders and desperate prisoners, he escaped next year with a group of confederates. They sailed a small boat to the Derwent and for two years roamed the island as bushrangers.
The Brady gang's most audacious feat was the capture of the township of Sorell. During the two years that Brady was at large he fought a number of running battles with government troops and private settlers. Citation details L. Matthew Brady. Matthew Brady (1799 – 4 May 1826) was a notorious bushranger in Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) in the early 19th century.
He was sometimes known as the "Gentleman Bushranger" due to his good treatment and fine manners when robbing his victims. Early life[edit] Brady, whose proper name was Bready, was born at Manchester,[1] just about the close of 18th century. His occupation in England was that of a gentleman's servant, probably a groom, as he was an excellent and even a graceful rider, and perfect in his horsemanship. Convict years[edit] He was tried at Lancaster, on the 17 April 1820, and received a seven-year sentence of transportation, and arrived in Australia in the convict ship Juliana, on the 29 December 1820.[2] Bushranging[edit] Brady considered himself a gentleman, who never robbed or insulted women. In return, Brady posted a reward of "Twenty gallons of rum" to any person who would deliver Governor Arthur to him. Death[edit] References[edit] Matthew Brady - Tasmania's 'gentleman' bushranger.
For me Jonathon auf der Heide's film, Van Diemen's Land did not go far enough.
The title is somewhat misleading, as cinamagraphiically, the movie did not portray Van Diemen's Land (VDL) of the 1820s. It only provided a cameo picture of Tasmania's awesome West Coast wilderness forest which surrounds Macquarie Harbour. Having known the movie was to be about Alexander Pearce, the cannibal, I was disappointed that the story's plot was no more than Pearce's first escape attempt along with seven other convicts. (When he was captured, he admitted his crimes but his story seems too far fetched and he was not believed. The second time Pearce escaped he was found in possession of a human limb and was hung.) After a few days in the forest, the eight men run out of food, and through frustration and anger begin to feed off each other. The convict history of Van Diemen's Land, in particular the settlement in Macquarie Harbour, is incredibly rich and disturbing.
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