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Thomas Dowse, convict Queenslander
About the convict
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The writer's recollections of the days of Auld Lang Syne, dates back to the year 1827 – when a boy in his teens, he landed upon the shores of Port Jackson, in the despised colony of New South Wales – more familiarly known in the Old Country as Botany Bay.
Thomas Dowse's memoirs OM79-68/17

Role: | Town Clerk of Brisbane |
Born: | 1809, Hackney, England |
Convicted: | 16 September 1824 in Middlesex |
Sentence: | Transportation for life (originally sentenced to death) |
Ship: | Florentia |
Transported: | Arrived in New South Wales on 3 January 1828 |
Died: | 9 November 1885 in Milton, Brisbane. Buried in Toowong Cemetery. |
Notes: | Ticket of Leave issued on 6 April 1836 Conditional Pardon issued in 1839 |
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When the present Queensland was Moreton Bay, he was always in the front of every political movement, and indefatigable in co-operating to achieve our separation from New South Wales.
The Telegraph (Brisbane), 10 November 1885
Further reading
Obituary for Thomas Dowse
Biography of Thomas Dowse
Memorial of Thomas Dowse