ESCAPING THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
ESCAPING THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
It was a prison at the end of the world.
You can’t blame James Porter for wanting to escape the harsh conditions of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on Sarah Island.
The Londoner and former whaler had left a wife and child in Chile prior to his arrest– and, along with ten other convicts, it was to Chile he returned on a hijacked ship in January of 1834.
Porter was recaptured in Chile, and returned to Australia… only to escape again, this time for good.
Practice makes perfect.