ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I WOULD LIKE to thank the following people for their great help during the long time I have been trying to write this book.

In Tasmania: Jenny Scott, Phillipa Foster and Damien Morgan and, most of all, Cassandra Pybus. Thanks to the Archives Office of Tasmania for the use of George Vandiemen’s school report.

In mainland Australia: Gerard Bryant and Jacqui Boyle, Meredith and John Purcell, Maggie Hamilton, Judith Curr.

In the Isle of Man: Alan Kelly.

In Wales: John and Edna Fernihough and all in and around Gros-mont, Gwent.

In England: Deborah Rogers, David Miller, Maggie Black and Pamela Egan.

This book is dedicated to Victoria Egan.