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The Stony Ground: The Remembered Life of Convict James Ruse
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The Stony Ground: The Remembered Life of Convict James Ruse
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The Stony Ground: The Remembered Life of Convict James Ruse
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The Stony Ground
is the story of Cornish farmworker James Ruse, reprieved from the hangman's noose and transported to Botany Bay on the First Fleet in 1788. Ruse, commemorated as a pioneer in his adopted country, was reputedly the
first
prisoner ashore, carrying an officer on his back. Eventually pardoned, at Experiment Farm he became Australia's
settled farmer, the
ex-convict to be granted land and the first settler to become self-sufficient, bringing him into conflict with indigenous people. In this gripping historical novel the life of Australia's most symbolic convict is described in Ruse's own voice.
is the story of Cornish farmworker James Ruse, reprieved from the hangman's noose and transported to Botany Bay on the First Fleet in 1788. Ruse, commemorated as a pioneer in his adopted country, was reputedly the
first
prisoner ashore, carrying an officer on his back. Eventually pardoned, at Experiment Farm he became Australia's
settled farmer, the
ex-convict to be granted land and the first settler to become self-sufficient, bringing him into conflict with indigenous people. In this gripping historical novel the life of Australia's most symbolic convict is described in Ruse's own voice.