Citation
Nugent Farm, Richmond: the history and restoration of the last Tasmanian home of William Smith O’Brien. Peter Macfie (2011). 18th Australasian Irish Studies conference, National Museum of Australia.
Conference
18th Australasian Irish Studies conference
Outline
The history and restoration of the last Tasmanian home of William Smith O’Brien, leader of the Young Ireland rebellion in 1848. He spent 5 years in Van Diemen’s Land as a prisoner of the British Government and was living at Richmond for a few months before he was free to leave the colony.