Joseph Hunt (?–?)
Joseph Hunt, a marine in the 15th (Plymouth) Company, arrived in Sydney in January 1788 aboard the Charlotte as part of the First Fleet. He served at Port Jackson in Captain James Campbell's Company.
In 1789 he gained notoriety when he turned King's evidence and revealed how he and seven other marines carried out a series of raids on the public stores. Possession of a key to the store gave free entry when any of the seven was on sentry duty and could cover for the robbers. The other six robbers were executed on 27 March 1789; Hunt was pardoned. He was transferred to the Sirius on 8 June. He remained on Norfolk Island after the ship was wrecked in 1790 and then returned to England aboard the Gorgon on 31 October 1791, reaching Portsmouth in June 1792.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 184
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Citation details
'Hunt, Joseph (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hunt-joseph-29899/text37012, accessed 20 April 2024.