Ripping Yarns from History

Alexander Pearce - the cannibal convict


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How hungry are you? Im so weak that I could eat a piece o' man. I'd seen the like before.. it eat much like a little pork.
On the 20th September 1822, Alexander Pearce and seven other convicts stole a boat, rowed across Macquarie harbour and disappeared into the primordial wilderness of Van Diemens land.

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Ripping Yarns from HistoryBy Ernie