Dictionary of Sydney

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Hilton, Joseph

Convict who became a basketmaker and hired boats on the Cooks River dam but is best remembered as the pugnacious individual who offered himself, his dog or his wife, to fight anyone in the colony.

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Arrived Sydney
07 May 1825
Died
Cooks River
May 1878
Buried
11 May 1878
Occupation
Position
09 Jan 1825 - 07 May 1825
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Spouse