

1803 :: Elizabeth Rafferty advertised for sale Laycock's Farm of 100 acres and Cardell's Farm of 30 acres. These properties formed part of the original Vaucluse House grant. Elizabeth was transported on the Elizabeth Rafferty advertised for sale Laycock's Farm of 100 acres and Cardell's Farm of 30 acres. These properties formed part of the original Vaucluse House grant. Elizabeth was transported on the Britannia in 1797 and was the captain's mistress while on board. He bequeathed her these properties for services rendered, so to speak.



1817 :: Thomas Flannagan, a fellow Thomas Flannagan, a fellow Marquis Cornwallis convict, tendered to supply 1000lb of beef to the government store from his farm in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool. Twenty two years earlier he had been tried in County Dublin for cow stealing. The former cow thief had reformed and turned supplier!

Wondering what our Irish convicts were up to this month 200 or so years ago? Here are some of the stories Irish Wattle has uncovered for July.Henry Bowyer was tried in Dublin, charged with forgery. He was transported on the Sugar Cane in 1793. Two years later Bowyer escaped Sydney in an open boat, without a compass. He and his companions were obliged to land and were quickly recaptured.Patrick Bannon died in Sydney. Arriving on the Marquis Cornwallis in 1796 after possibly being transported for rebel offences, he was assigned to work as a farmhand in Windsor. Over the years he was involved in many debt recovery actions, but his character was recorded as being of "general good conduct", according to the authorities.