What is Martin Cash?
{{Infobox Person | name = Martin Cash | residence = | other_names = | image =Martin_Cash.jpg | imagesize =150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = [[1808]] | birth_place =[[Enniscorthy]], [[County Wexford]], [[Ireland]] | death_date =[[August 26]], [[1877]] | death_place =[[Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania]] | death_cause = | known = | occupation = [[Bushranger]] | title = | salary = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = | weight = }} '''Martin Cash''' (baptised 10 October 1808 – 26 August 1877) was a famous [[Australian]] [[bushranger]]. He was one of the few people who escaped from the prison at [[Port Arthur, Tasmania]]. In 1870 he wrote a book ([[autobiography]]) about his life. ==Early life== Cash was born at [[Enniscorthy]], [[County Wexford]], [[Ireland]]. As a boy he worked on a farm at Wexford. In March 1827, he was convicted of stealing from houses.<ref name =ADB>{{cite web |last=Robson |first=L.L. |author2= Ward, Russell |title= Cash, Martin (1808–1877) |work= Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition |publisher= Australian National University |date= 1966 |url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010199b.htm |format= html |doi= |accessdate= September 6, 2008 }}</ref> In his book, Cash says he shot a man in the bottom ([[buttocks]]). The man had been kissing and hugging Cash's [[mistress (lover) |mistress]]. He was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia. ==Convict== Cash was sent as a [[convict]] to [[Sydney]], sailing in the ship ''Marquis of Huntley''. He was sent to work for George Bowman in the [[Hunter River]] area. After being set free, he continued to work for Bowman.<ref name = ADB/> He was suspected of stealing cattle so he left [[New South Wales]] and went to [[Van Diemen's Land]] with Bessie Clifford and arrived in February 1837. In 1839 he was again convicted of stealing and sent to prison for seven years. During the next three ye