over his legs. Jeffrey saw this as an injustice so he wrecked and smashed his prison cell and attempted to murder the doctor looking after him. The authorities at the time were exhausted by his violent outbursts and sent him to the Isle of the Dead as a grave digger. It was there that it is thought Jeffrey dug his own grave which he tended, carefully patting down the sides to stop worms from invading the grave. While living on the Isle of the Dead Jeffrey encountered a terrifying experience. He was in his hut when the Devil (or "His Satanic Majesty" as Jeffrey referred to him as) supposedly appeared and spoke to him. Jeffrey was so disturbed by the experience that he immediately requested to be removed from the island. Jeffrey was then sent to Hobart in 1877 where he continually fell victim to injustice and found himself several more convictions of assault. Jeffrey was then transferred to the Invalid Depot at Launceston, Tasmania where he again earned his freedom. Jeffrey became deeply religious and self-aware of his temper. Mark Jeffrey wrote an autobiography titled "A Burglar's Life", where he talked about a deep humiliation about his wasted life and hoped to "...Enter thou into the joy of the Lord." Mark Jeffrey died in 1894 at the age of 68. Until recently, it was believed he died and was buried in Launceston, but it seems that his final resting place, according to Southern Cemeteries records, is in Hobart Cornelian Bay Cemetery Site No. 516. His record of death in the Deaths of the District of Hobart lists him as: No 1216 Died 17 July 1894 in Newtown aged 68 years, Pauper, Of Peritonitis, Tumour of the Heart. One of the reasons that confusion may have occurred was that his death was reported in the Launceston Examiner Thursday 19 July 1894, page 6. References 1825 births 1903 deaths Convicts transported to Australia