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Tasmanian convict records confirm those details

WB 487 is aged 40; WB 482 is 18 and died approx 7 years later. a sad tale as it appears he drank himself to death , perhaps shortly after release.

I had not idea what a lascar was so I have added a brief description for anyone else interested: A lascar was a sailor or maritime labourer from 'South Asia' employed on European (especially British) ships from about the 17th to the 19th centuries. They were cmmonly from India, Bengal, Malabar...

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Van Diemen’s Land was not entirely misdescribed in 1821; it was selectively described. The language of climate and fertility spoke to empire and capital. The truth in regard to conditions and punishment was reserved for those convicted and transported. Van Diemen's Land is synonymous with the...

there were two William Bolton's n the same ship.

She stayed. Mary Bolton, Died at the age of 67 and was buried 5 October, 1836 in Surry Hills. Parish of St. James. Her daughter Ellen/Eleanor (who was recorded as Hellena on the ship Grenada's muster roll (25 Jan 1925) married William Makin on the 23 Jan 1837. They had five children. She died...

I'm interested in a William Bolton who I believe he was sent to Tasmania, approx 1821. There are a number with same name as you have suggested, who were transported to the colonies. His wife - Mary - was transported on the Grenada later, and arrived in the NSW colony in 1825 with four...