Mark Jeffrey

Mark Jeffrey

Mark Jeffrey (1825-1903) was an English convict transported to Australia. He was known as "Big Mark", the grave digger on the Isle of the Dead Cemetery at Port Arthur, Tasmania. While a living alone on the island for several years he dug his own grave, which he carefully tended, patting down the sides with a spade to kill marauding worms. Before his death in 1903 he wrote his autobiography which provides an interesting insight into convict life.

References

• "Mark Jeffrey". Archived from the original on 2005-08-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20050824212243/http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/markjeffrey.htm. Retrieved 2006-01-29. 
• Mark Jeffrey, A Burglars Life. Printing Authority of Tasmania. ISBN 0-9750123-0-4. 

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Name	Jeffrey, Mark
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Date of birth	1825
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Date of death	1903
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