It is 1832, Sydney Cove. Our very good turner John Daines and his two Highway Robbery accomplices are awaiting their fate in their new homeland. What will it be gentlemen? Conform or rebel? Let’s start with the weaver, William Miller. Conform? Rebel? Fight back or go quietly into this good night? William Miller will first…
Category: Convict Lives
John ‘Daines’ – Part 2: Highway Robbery
Highway Robbery! I know what you’re thinking. A well-dressed guy on a rearing shiny black horse. He has a menacing-looking scarf covering half of his face. He’s brandishing a pistol and saying to an unsuspecting coachload of terror-stricken ladies – “Stand and deliver! Your money or your life!” Am I right? It turns out that…
John ‘Daines’ – Part 1: the surgeon’s diagnosis
The three-year-old convict ship Planter slipped quietly out of Portsmouth on 15 June 1832, headed for Port Jackson in the far-flung colony of New South Wales. On board (aside from the necessary crew and military guard), were 2 passengers, 3 women, 1 child, a Royal Navy Surgeon and 200 male convicts. One of those convicts…
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