Muir, Thomas

Transported for sedition, he escaped from the colony only to be hunted by the Spanish and English before being wounded and offered refuge in France.

Milestones
Born
Scotland
24 Aug 1765
Arrived Sydney
1794
Departed Sydney
17 Feb 1796
Died
Chantilly, France
26 Jan 1799
Occupations

Muir, Thomas

by Beverley Sherry, 2012

 

One of the 'Scottish Martyrs' transported to New South Wales for sedition, Thomas Muir was one of the few convicts who escaped the colony in the 1790s.
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