1822: Eight Convicts Fled Macquarie Harbour, and Two Ate the Rest
On 20 September 1822, Alexander Pearce, Bob Greenhill and six other convicts escaped the brutal penal outpost of Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast, plunging into some of the most impenetrable wilderness in the colony with almost no food or supplies. As starvation set in, the group turned on itself. Read more →
1939: Seven Years by Kayak from Germany to Australia, Then Arrested the Moment He Landed
Oskar Speck left Hamburg on May 13, 1932, paddling an 18 foot Faltboot, a folding kayak made of rubber and canvas, carrying five gallons of water, a small movie camera and a Mauser pistol. Read more →
