Chesterfield Mar 1793 Passenger List from Norfolk Island to Sydney
The Whaler, Chesterfield departed England on 21 Jul 1792, with Captain Matthew Bowles Alt at the helm for the purpose of
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Lady Juliana 1790
Convict Family to live on Phillip Island Norfolk Island 1795
Philip Gidley King wrote in his Journal in late Mar 1795: The family that is to reside on Phillip island, consisting of a man his wife and one child – who was this family?
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First and Second Fleeters buried at St Davids Hobart
Some of the First and Second Fleeters buried at St David’s Cemetery Hobart
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Surprize August 1790 Norfolk Island
On 7 August 1790 the Surprize and Justinian arrived at Norfolk Island at Cascade. Provision and stores from both ships were unloaded from 9
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Peter Dargin First Fleet Marine
Peter Dargin, who was one of the longest serving men of the military in the early Colony, arriving in 1788 as a Marine Pte, in 1792 transferring over to the NSW Corps and then to the Veteran Company in 1810 where he remained through to its disbandment in Sep 1823.
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