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Memorial to The First Fleeters and Norfolk Islanders Who Came to Van Diemen's Land During the Evacuation 1807 - 1813.
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| Memorial in St David's Park, Hobart, Tasmania. |
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| Memorial unveiled in 1992. J.L.Risby was one of the Sponsors (a descendant of Edward Risby & Ann Gibson). |
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| Joy found James Morrisby & Ann Lavender Brooks. |
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| "Lady Nelson" sailed from Norfolk Island 9 November 1807 and arrived Derwent River 29 November 1807. Thomas Kidner and son Thomas. "Porpoise" sailed from Norfolk Island 25 December 1807 and arrived Derwent River 17 January 1908. James Dodding and wife Elizabeth Thackery. |
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| "Porpoise" sailed from Norfolk Island 25 December 1807 and arrived Derwent River 17 January 1808. Edward Garth, wife Susannah Gough with children Edward, James, John, Richard, Susannah and William. James Morrisby, wife Ann Lavender Books with children Dinah, George, Grace, Henry and John. |
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| "City of Edinburgh" sailed from Norfolk Island 3 September 1808 and arrived Derwent River 2 October 1808. Jacob Bellett, wife Ann Harper with children Ann, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Mary, Susan and William. Rachel Early with children Ann, Elizabeth and Catherine Marsden. Edward Kimberly, wife Mary with children Hannah, Mary and William. Samuel King. |
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| "City of Edinburgh" sailed 3 September 1808 and arrived Derwent River 2 October 1808. Robert Nash, wife Ann Hannaway with children Elizabeth, James, Maria, Sarah and Susannah. Edward Risby, wife Ann Gibson with children Benjamin, Charles, Joseph, Susannah and Thomas. Daniel Stanfield, wife Alice Harmsworth with children Daniel with wife Maria Kimberly, Mary, Sarah, Thomas and William. |
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| "Lady Nelson" sailed from Norfolk Island 20 January 1813 and arrived Port Dalrymple 1 March 1813. "Minstrel" sailed from Norfolk Island 18 February 1813 and arrived Port Dalrymple 4 March 1813. |
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| Other First Fleeters and Norfolk Islanders (First Settlement). Lt. Gov. David Collins, John Harmsworth, wife Sarah Wheeler and child Sarah, Richard Larsom, Richard Morgan, Wife Catherine Clark with children Catherine, George, James, Margaret, Mary, Richard, Sophia and William. |
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