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The use of convict ships to New South Wales began on 18 August 1786, when the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military, and civilian personnel to Botany Bay. Transportation to the Colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 October 1850. [ 1 ]
Transportation to New South Wales temporarily ended 1840 under the Order-in-Council of 22 May 1840, [29] by which time some 150,000 convicts had been sent to the colonies. The sending of convicts to Brisbane in its Moreton Bay district had ceased the previous year, and administration of Norfolk Island was later transferred to Van Diemen's Land.
Joseph Holt (1756–1826), Irish farmer and rebel leader, transported to New South Wales for his role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798; William Horton (1817–1864), English publican, transported to New South Wales for larceny of a coat [4] [5] George Howe (1769–1821), English poet and printer, transported to New South Wales for shoplifting
The First Fleet convicts are named on stone tablets in the Memorial Garden, Wallabadah, New South Wales. The First Fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do so, that left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 ...
Edward Charles Close, Watercolour painting of Sydney Harbour c1817. State Library of New South Wales. Almorah was built at Selby, England in 1817.She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and three transporting convicts to Australia.
In 1828 he established Australia's first whaling station, at Eden on the south coast of New South Wales. He was also the first to ship Australian cedar overseas. [6] He is buried in Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown, N.S.W. Notable passengers included: John Reynell, who is thought to have established the first commercial vineyard and winery in ...
Dorothy was a merchant ship built at Liverpool, England, in 1815. [1] She made a number of voyages between England and India with cargo and undertook one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales.
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