Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Blackstone, William

Blackstone who was transported for 14 years in 1815. Participated in the 1828 robbery of the Bank of Australia but received a pardon for confessing and naming the other robbers. He declined a promised free passage back to England and continued to engage in further criminal activities until his death in 1850.

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Buried
Arrived Sydney
1815
Died
1850
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