Australian barque (1841)
Lady Franklin was an Australian barque best known for being seized by convicts in a mutiny in 1854.[1] [2]
The boat was built at Port Arthur , Van Diemen's Land , in 1841, and was named after Jane Franklin , the wife of the Governor, Sir John Franklin .
The vessel was used mainly for the conveyance of stores between Tasmania and Norfolk Island. It was seized by convicts in December 1854.[3] The mutineers were eventually captured.[4]
The story was dramatised for Australian radio in 1950.[5]
References
^ "The Convict Pirates of Norfolk Island Seize the Barque Lady Franklin" . Moreton Bay and More . 8 December 2020.
^ "THE NORFOLK ISLAND PIRATES" . The Cornwall Chronicle . Vol. XX, no. 2028. Tasmania, Australia. 1 February 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "SEIZURE OF THE LADY FRANKLIN" . The Courier (Hobart) . Vol. XXVIII, no. 2166. Tasmania, Australia. 27 January 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "HOBART TOWN SUPREME COURT" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Vol. XXXV, no. 5619. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Radio Round & about" , ABC Weekly , 12 (51 (23 December 1950)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1527928944, retrieved 1 March 2024 – via Trove