The Old Parramattan

Dr Michaela Ann Cameron. Historian of colonial America & Australia. Founder & Director of @stjohnsdatabase & @femalefactoryol.

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@Tsanga86 My pleasure! I can’t wait to share more with you all! Lots of cool data and insights coming very, very soon 🤗

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The final piece in the “Rogues” mini-collection of “Old Parramattans,” with thanks to @Create_NSW for their support 🤗

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Read all about #GeorgeBarrington's polite legerdemain, exquisitely artful dodging & much admired eloquence during his multiple appearances @OldBaileyOnline in "THE PRINCE OF PICKPOCKETS" by Dr Michaela Ann Cameron @OldParramatta, supported by @Create_NSW https://t.co/bhqdWbQfb2

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Another two essays by moi, written for @stjohnsdatabase.

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The #grave of Mary Cavillon & son Nicholas, St John's, #Parramatta. One arrived a #convict; the penal colony turned the other into one! Read @OldParramatta's "Homemaker, Housebreaker" & follow up with "A Hardened Villain" supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/xtq2YZ8Ycd #OzHist

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@Backpainandwine 7s without crosses are numbers on a nudie run as far as I’m concerned!

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In February 1809, a man was tried and imprisoned for calling this guy a "rogue." So, at the risk of a law suit (😉) I offer you the latest "Rogue":
NICHOLAS BAYLY: THE ANTI-SETTLER
By @JamesHDunk, supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/YdxDWyl1aH

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How did this "Gentleman Rogue" manage to retain his gentlemanly status, even whilst enduring banishment beyond the seas? Find out in @historywhore's essay on D'Arcy Wentworth, supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/RzeDAjO8Xx

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Being chosen as a sea wife ensured Catherine Crowley survived the #SecondFleet, but she was later shunned by #Parramatta's small coterie of genteel ladies. A "damned convict whore forever." Read @historywhore's "A Convict Sea Wife" supported by @Create_NSW https://t.co/d8sSdLdMDO

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Out now: "Rogues, Rapists, Cheats, Thieves & Murderers," or a "syphilitic lesions & all" view of #TheBatmans by @oldparramatta, supported by @Create_NSW. Pictured: the #FounderofMelbourne #JohnBatman's #birthplace, Macquarie St #Parramatta. #Rogues #OzHist https://t.co/suSzhh3p5c

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@Elitism Haha! True! And such a beautiful piece David!!!!!!!! Thank you for all your top notch work on this project, I’ve loved working with you 🥳🥳🥳

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"GUNS 'N' TUBEROSES" tells the tale of the Hollands, publicans of The Star Inn, Church Street, #Parramatta. Ex-con Jack Holland was a nature lover with a fondness for flowers, but let's just say, he was definitely not a cat person! Read on: https://t.co/u2pmisaTin #OzHist #Rogues

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"Rogues," a new collection of morally bankrupt or straight-up paradoxical Parramattans, edited by @OldParramatta, supported by @Create_NSW, & featuring new work from @OldParramatta, @JamesHDunk, @Historywhore & @Elitism! https://t.co/xtq2YZ8Ycd #OzHist #twitterstorians #rogues

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M’latest for @stjohnsdatabase is a bit of a #tearjerker 😢

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The elaborate "funeral obsequies" of #FemaleOrphanSchool pupil 'Betsy' Lees were perplexing to The Australian in 1826. Learn the reasons for Betsy's grand farewell in @OldParramatta's "Departed Innocence," supported by @Create_NSW. #OzHist #Parramatta https://t.co/BKOj09ILkh

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Read all about the "forgotten" Scotch Martyr who became #Parramatta #FemaleFactory's very first superintendent in @DrCameronSmith's "He Was a Clever Chiel Geordie, Tae be Only a Weaver: #GeorgeMealmaker," supported by @Create_NSW: https://t.co/XhnpegFJY9 #OzHist #ScottishHistory

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Read this stellar piece by @DrCameronSmith! It delves into how a free immigrant woman & her newborn were part of a cohort that provoked very public outrage, as alleged moral & physical dangers to colonial NSW in the 1830s. #immigration #measles #epidemic #colonialmedicine #OzHist

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Not all women who died at the #Parramatta #FemaleFactory were convicts! Read @DrCameronSmith's latest @Create_NSW-funded piece for @stjohnsdatabase: "'The Indifferent Characters of Many of the Females': Mary Leeche & Colonial Controversy in the 1830s": https://t.co/m4B7Eg8kDf

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@adreinhard Hello! I am she who is like God, Grace of the crooked nose or crooked hill 😝

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Thanks so much for your stunning work @JamesHDunk. It was lovely working with you on this 😊

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Fancy a Twitter-only, super-sneaky-peek at an upcoming themed collection featuring a number of historians, due out early next year on @stjohnsdatabase? Read @JamesHDunk's @Create_NSW-funded "Nicholas Bayly: The Anti-Settler" right here, right now: https://t.co/YdxDWyl1aH #OzHist

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Fantastic feedback here for @find_findlay's latest piece about Convict Constable William Cosgrove, who died in the line of duty in 1819! It's evidence of the public's deep engagement with the work published on the @Create_NSW-funded @stjohnsdatabase. #feelingchuffed 😊 #OzHist

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The "daring highway robberies & romanticised crimes of the #bushranger legend were the exception. Most were violent acts of desperation..." writes @find_findlay in his @Create_NSW-funded essay "William Cosgrove: Duty & Destiny": https://t.co/xTj1mskABe #OzHist #twitterstorians