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Showing posts with label australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label australia. Show all posts
Monday, 24 December 2018

24th December 1818: John Slater, the final Luddite convict to be deported, arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Christmas Eve, Thursday 24th December 1818, the transpo...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

5th May 1818: The Luddite Samuel Caldwell (aka 'Big Sam') arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Tuesday 5th May 1818, the transport ship 'Neptune...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018

10th January 1818: The Luddite John Clarke (aka 'Little Sam') arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Saturday 10th January 1818, the transport ship 'The...
Monday, 30 May 2016

30th May 1816: The convict, Thomas Holden, sends his final letter from Sydney, Australia

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Sydney New South Wales May 30th 1816 Honorde parents I take this Opportunity by the Ship Alexander with pleasure to inform you that Mr A...
Saturday, 19 March 2016

19th March 1816: The convict, Thomas Holden, writes to his parents & his wife from Sydney, Australia

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My Dear Father and Mother March 19th 1816 this Comes to Let you no that I ham in good Ealth hat present thanks be to god for it. I hope ...
Tuesday, 30 June 2015

30th June 1815: The convict Thomas Holden writes to his wife, from Sydney, Australia

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Sydney June [ 11 ] 30 1815 My Dear Wife I take this oppertunity of Writing to you Hoping to find to find you and My Dear Child in good h...
Tuesday, 23 June 2015

23rd June 1815: The convict, Thomas Holden, writes to his parents from Sydney, Australia

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No 13 Letter and only one Answer Sydney, Port Jackson. New South Wales, New Holland 23rd June 1815 My Dear Father & Mother, I ta...
Friday, 7 February 2014

7th February 1814: Foster Roach, the last prisoner from the 1812 trials, arrives in Australia

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'View of Sydney Cove from Dawes Point' by Joseph Lycett , c.1817/1818 On Monday 7th February 1814, the transport ship General He...
Wednesday, 9 October 2013

9th October 1813: The 'Earl Spencer' arrives in Australia, bringing Luddites & a Steam Engine

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'Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson, and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales', an Aquatint by R Ha...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

11th June 1813: The Convict Ship 'The Fortune' arrives in Sydney, Australia

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'The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales' an aquatint by Havell & Son, after Major Jame...