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John Jenkins 1834

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John Gardiner Austin
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Austin, John Gardiner

National Library of Australia

The end of transportation

By the late 1840s, a strong political movement to end the convict system had formed in Sydney. Large pastoralists fought to keep their supply of cheap labour, but by 1850 the tide had turned, and no more convicts were transported to Sydney.

Wardell, Robert

As founder of Australia's first independent newspaper, Robert Wardell's achievements have been much written about but his personal life - wound up with adultery, murder and disrepute - has been less well covered.

Convicts

Crime

Jenkins, John

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Convict who was executed for the murder of Robert Wardell in 1834.