Broad Arrow

Caroline Woolmer Leakey (Oliné Keese) was born in Exeter, England in 1827. She received limited schooling during her childhood, but read avidly, particularly poetry. While living in Van Diemen’s Land with her sister, she began to write poetry, and she published her only volume of poetry Lyra Australis, or Attempts to Sing in a Strange Land in 1854. She died in 1881. Jenna Mead is a senior honorary research fellow at the University of Western Australia.

• Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on the Text A Note on the Illustrations Preface Volume 11. The festival2. Maida Gwynnham 3. Captain Norwell 4. The felon 5. Bob Pragg 6. Mary Doveton 7. The reverend Herbert Evelyn 8. Too late 9. The Cousins 10. The lie 11. The Rose of Britain 12. Lucy Grenlow’s tale 13. Mulgrave battery and the lodge 14. The paraclete 15. Uncle Ev and uncle Ev’s notions 16. Doubts on more subjects than one 17. A walk about Hobarton and a talk about the tasmanians 18. Aunt Evelyn and family matters 19. Being nothing particular 20. H.M.S. Anson 21. The initiation – without Volume 222. The initiation – within 23. Being one about Bridget 24. The post office 25. A T.L. 26. The conflict 27. An old acquaintance 28. H.M. General Hospital, Hobarton 29. Port Arthur – O.P.S.O. – The Kangaroo30. Port Arthur – the settlement31. A day dream and night vision32. The isle of the dead33. Accepted 34. Bridget again 35. The awakening – more victims 36. Maida 37. Norwell Summary of minor variants Notes Bibliography

'The Broad Arrow is much more than a romantic story ... the main Van Diemen’s Land part is absorbing ... every page tells the reader something about the colony. This is an important book for the historian and for anyone interested in nineteenth century Tasmania.'