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James Davis, convict Queenslander
About the convict
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His career included some of the strangest experiences that have ever fallen, perhaps, to any man in this colony, and are on a par with those of the once famous "Crusoe" of Victoria.
The Brisbane Courier, 9 May 1889

Role: | Shopkeeper and adopted tribesman |
Born: | 1808 in Broomielaw, Scotland |
Convicted: | 19 July 1824, Surrey Quarter Sessions |
Sentence: | Transportation for life |
Ship: | Norfolk |
Transported: | Arrived in New South Wales on 18 August 1825 |
Died: | 7 May 1889 in Brisbane. Buried in Toowong Cemetery |
Notes: | Sent to Moreton Bay 6 February 1829 |
Further reading
Biography of James Davis
Obituary of James Davis
Obituary for James Davis