Wade, Mary

The youngest convict transported aboard Lady Juliana, the 11-year-old was convicted of assaulting and stealing from an eight-year-old girl. After she was tried at the Old Bailey, her death sentence was commuted to transportation. After arriving in Sydney, she was sent to Norfolk Island where she had two children. According to family legend, back in Sydney she lived in a tent on the banks of the Tank Stream before she settled in the Hawkesbury. She had 21 children in total and owned land in the Illawarra region. Her many descendants include Kevin Rudd.