Roy Humphreys - Author

Roy's books are fictional accounts based on historical events leading up to, and following, the early settlement of Sydney in the British penal colony of New South Wales (Australia). Covering the period 1790 to 1841 the books follow the lives of various members of an Irish family as they learn to cope with the upheaval of being torn from their homeland and being thrust into a strange new land on the other side of the world. The books should appeal to the reader who enjoys a family saga of action, adventure and a hint of romance. Many of the incidents portrayed are based on actual events that occurred during those times.

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1790 - 1810

Dublin Harbour, Ireland, 1793:

When the convict ship Boddington left Ireland's shores Patrick Rourke felt as though he was sailing away from his soul as well as from his home land.

Not so very long before he had everything to live for - he was young, strong and healthy, had a loving family and had won the affection of his sweetheart Catherine.

Then, a relatively minor...

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1819 - 1824

Tommy Rourke wasn't really a bad type of boy. The son of a former Irish convict and having spent his childhood with the local Dharawal tribe meant he was just a bit different - in a "wild sort of way" as put by his headmaster. The abrupt termination of his schooling at the Sydney Academy was more to do with safeguarding the school's reputation than any real concerns over the physical safety of the English heritage youths he was in dispute with.

Being cast into the...

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1827-1841

Pioneer settlers of wilderness areas generally have a common goal - to find and claim their own piece of paradise.

Tom Rourke was no different in this regard. In 1827 his paradise was on a secluded waterway only thirty miles from the growing port of Sydney Town in the British penal colony of New South Wales.

The pristine bushland on which...

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