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Transported for Sedition c1794

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Muir, Thomas Scots

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Margarot, Maurice Muir, Thomas Palmer, Thomas Fyshe Skirving, William

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Scots

Scots have been in Sydney from earliest European contact, with Forby Sutherland, a young Scottish crew member on the Endeavour, buried at Sutherland in 1770. Scots have played important roles in all facets of Sydney's history. While the Scots can seem to be 'invisible immigrants', without a clearly distinctive culture, Scottish professions, industry, religion and education have been influential in Sydney's development since the arrival of the First Fleet.

Muir, Thomas

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.

Convicts

Scots

Margarot, Maurice

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Political activist and reformer who was transported as one of the Scottish martyrs, for sedition.

Muir, Thomas

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One of the 'Scottish Martyrs', Muir was transported for sedition in 1794. He escaped from the colony in 1796 only to be hunted by the Spanish and English before being wounded and offered refuge in France.

Palmer, Thomas Fyshe

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Unitarian minister transported to New South Wales for sedition who became a pioneer in trade, manufacture and shipbuilding in Sydney.

Skirving, William

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Political reformer and one of the Scottish martyrs who were transported for sedition.