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The execution of Ann Davis, reported by David Collins March 1789

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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales First Fleet
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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales

Book written by David Collins describing the early years of the colony and its native inhabitants.

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First Fleet

Fleet of eleven ships which left England in 1787 to found a penal colony in Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy Vessels, three store ships and six convict transports which carried over 1000 convicts, marines and seamen to the colony.

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Davis, Ann (1759-1789)

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Convict transported from England for theft, she was the first woman hanged in the colony.