Tag: crime

TRUE CRIME: TIERNAN, SMITH AND DESMOND: THE MEN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE

March 6, 2014

ENDNOTES AND COLD MERCY: CRIME STORIES FROM COLONIAL NEWCASTLE CASE 2.TIERNAN, SMITH AND DESMOND: THE MEN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE BY DAVID MURRAY David Murray is a university medalist with a Creative Arts Phd from Newcastle Uni. He has published two books of poetry: “Swinging from a broken clock” and “Blue bottle” (Sultana Press) alongside … More TRUE CRIME: TIERNAN, SMITH AND DESMOND: THE MEN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE

David Murray’s “Words for the Heat of Deeds” – A Story of Newcastle’s Convict Years

July 2, 2012

Newcastle has a rich literary history, being the site that created the first full length autobiography ever written in Australia, and  the first dictionary ever compiled in Australia. These were the works of the infamous convict James Hardy Vaux and the 5th of July 2012 celebrated the bicentenary of this important milestone in Australia’s literary … More David Murray’s “Words for the Heat of Deeds” – A Story of Newcastle’s Convict Years