People Australia

Thomas Dixon (c.1764-1802), indicted as Ralph Raw, was found guilty on 21 July 1785 at Durham, England, of stealing a bay gelding worth £2. His death sentence was commuted to 7 years transportation on 13 December 1785. He was sent to the Justitia hulk, where he remained until he embarked for New South Wales on the Alexander in January 1787, arriving in Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.

Dixon was sent to Norfolk Island on the Supply in February 1788. By July 1791 he was supporting two people on a one acre Sydney Town lot. He shared a sow with Elizabeth Stringer. He was settled on 12 acres at Mount Pitt Path in May 1792. He leased 10 acres in December 1796 which he later sold.

Thomas Dixon died on 21 May 1802 at Norfolk Island.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 105