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Servant

Occupation - Servant
Allen, Tamasin
Barnes, Samuel
Beckford, Elizabeth
Blanket, John
Branham, Mary
Dalley, Catherine
Hart, Catherine
Hicks, Mary Jane
Hogan, Johanna
Holmes, Honora
Inett, Ann
Power, Catherine
Stewart, Jane Ann (Aimie)
de Maliez, Bernard
Position - Servant of Charlotte
Broughton, William
1787 - 1788

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Servant

Allen, Tamasin

Convict who was found guilty of being an accomplice to Mary Allen and stealing from Mary's client 'seventeen grains of diamonds, two brilliant diamonds, a pearl, one topaz, a silver pencil case, a leather notebook and money'.

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Barnes, Samuel

Servant to the Reverend Richard Johnson, the first chaplain appointed to the colony of New South Wales.

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Beckford, Elizabeth

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in January 1787 for stealing cheese with a value of 4 shillings. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation but died of dropsy during the voyage.

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Blanket, John

Māori man who was one of the early harbour pilots and then worked for many years as a servant and part of the household of the politician John Robertson at his property Clovelly at Watsons Bay. On 8 Feburary 1874 Blanket and three other men from Watsons Bay were on a fishing expedition outside the heads. A storm blew in on their return journey and the boat was swamped near DeeWhy and sank. One of the men, a Portuguese sailor named Emmanuel Jacinto (or Jesson) was drowned, while the other three eventually managed to swim. Blanket was described as tattooed and as a Maori chief.

Blanket died in late 1889, aged about 82, and was buried at South Head Cemetery. In 1899 his remains were removed to be placed beside those of John Robertson.

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Branham, Mary

Convict tried at the Old Bailey, London in 1784 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation and later had a child with Lieutenant Ralph Clark.

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Dalley, Catherine

Irish housemaid from Kinsale in County Cork who was tried for stealing sheets and sentenced to seven years transportation, arriving in Sydney in 1825 with her daughter. John Dalley applied for a ticket of leave to marry her which was initially rejected and so the couple were only able to marry once Catherine was granted her freedom. The couple moved to Sydney and her husband ran a successful store on George Street. The couple had seven children together, however, four of them died before they reached adulthood.

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Hart, Catherine

Convict who was tried on 8 December 1784 at the Old Bailey, London for theft and sentenced to seven years' transportation. On Lady Penrhyn she developed a relationship with seaman John Fisher with whom she had a son after she was transferred to Prince of Wales. She was later sent to Norfolk Island aboard Sirius.

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Hicks, Mary Jane

Sixteen year old domestic servant who had recently arrived in Sydney from regional New South Wales, and was the victim of a gang rape at Mount Rennie (now Moore Park) in September 1886. The trial of eleven of her assailants polarised the colony, especially when four of the men were hanged for the crime in January 1887. The nuns of the Convent of the Good Samaritans took her in after the assault and helped her move to Christchurch, New Zealand in February 1887.

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Hogan, Johanna

Illiterate housekeeper who was sponsored by her daughter and husband to emigrate, travelling with two daughters in 1859.

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Holmes, Honora

Irish immigrant who was 16 years old when she arrived on the John Knox in 1850.

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Inett, Ann

Convict tried at Worcester, England in 1786 for burglary and sentenced to death which was commuted to seven years' transportation to New South Wales. She was sent to Norfolk Island and developed a relationship and had two sons named Norfolk and Sydney with Philip Gidley King. She later married fellow convict Richard John Robinson and was granted land in Sydney.

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Power, Catherine

Illiterate Irish servant who travelled with her widowed mother and sister after being sponsored by her older sister already settled in the colony. Marrying master mariner Patrick Power she settled and raised her family in Balmain.

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Stewart, Jane Ann (Aimie)

Irish immigrant who was only 17 years old when she travelled with 195 single women on the Earl Grey in 1848 to build a better life in the colony.

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de Maliez, Bernard

Frenchman who was Governor Arthur Phillip's personal servant.

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Charlotte

Three mast square rigged ship with a crew of 30 which bought convicts and marines to the colony as part of the First Fleet.

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Broughton, William

Dedicated and trustworthy public servant who arrived with the First Fleet.

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