Overview
Volume II of a major new biography of the man famous for the Sydney suburb that bears his name. William Redfern, surgeon, sailor, mutineer, prisoner and pioneer. From his birth in approximately 1775 to joining the Royal Navy as a ship's surgeon, it seemed William Redfern was destined for a life of relative wealth and status, but all that changed in 1797, when he was swept up in the infamous Nore Mutiny. At odds with his fellow officers, Redfern was court-martialled for his actions and sentenced to be hanged. Instead he was transported to the New South Wales Colony.
- | Author: Arthur Raymond Jones
- | Publisher: The Book Reality Experience
- | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 554 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0648447197
- | ISBN-13: 9780648447191
