Charles Poole: a “gentleman” prisoner
Charles Poole, did not fit the usual profile of a transported convict…
Charles Poole, did not fit the usual profile of a transported convict…
In 1931 Minnie Elizabeth Lee started a nursery, confectionary, florist and seed shop at 134 Victoria Street, Taree called “Lee’s Nursery”…
In 1925 Thomas bought a dairy farm situated on Minor Road which is now called Cape Hawke Road, Forster…
A poem entitled “A Convict’s Tour to Hell” was composed by Frank McNamara in 1839. It has been said that it draws inspiration from Dante’s “Purgatory”…
Family stories say that the marriage between William and Laurell became unstable. One sad tale describes Laurell stripping naked…
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