![]() ![]() ![]() The novel was based on research by the author as well as a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur, Tasmania (Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. The conditions experienced by the convicts are graphically described. In 1926, an actor called Marion Marcus Clarke gave an. The harsh and inhumane treatment meted out to the convicts, some of whom were transported for relatively minor crimes, is clearly conveyed. NFSA Historian Graham Shirley recalls the restoration of For the Term of His Natural Life (1927). ![]() Described as a "ripping yarn", and at times relying on seemingly implausible coincidences, the story follows the fortunes of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian history. LibriVox recording of For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarkeįor the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 18 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. ![]()
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