Charles Poole: a “gentleman” prisoner
Charles Poole, did not fit the usual profile of a transported convict…
Matthew Hopwood – Convict and Sydney Duck
One of the convicts assigned to the Port Stephens estate of the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) was Matthew Hopwood. Matthew, a 21 year old, illiterate…
Castor, a man from Madagascar
On 12 April 1856, an African man died in the vicinity of Tarree Estate. His name was Castor, a labourer aged 50 years, who died from heart disease. Witnesses to the burial were Henry Flett, William Wynter Jnr. and Thomas Dyball. His death certificate states he was born in Madagascar but this story begins in Mauritius…