For the Term of His Natural Life is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in The Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872. It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisati
Cover of the 1892 edition
Billboard in Melbourne advertising a broadcast of For the Term of His Natural Life on radio station 3AW in the 1940s
Alexander Pearce
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Alexander Pearce was an Irish convict who was transported to the penal colony in Van Diemen's Land, Australia for seven years for theft. He escaped from prison several times, allegedly becoming a cann
For the Term of His Natural Life
…by the crew of a whaling vessel, with the half-eaten arm of one of his comrades hanging out of his swag. This part is based on a true story, that of Alexander Pearce. Rex reaches Sydney and, soon becoming weary of Sarah, escaping her to go to London, where he presents himself as Richard Devine. Lady Ellinor accepts…
Drawings, by Thomas Bock, of the face of Alexander Pearce after his execution.
Copy of the death sentence pronounced on Alexander Pearce
Pearce's skull