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Johanna Gough (?–?)

Johanna Gough arrived at Sydney with her marine husband Thomas, and son Joseph, aboard the Prince of Wales in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. The family left the colony for England on the Gorgon in December 1791.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 146

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'Gough, Johanna (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gough-johanna-30632/text37964, accessed 27 December 2024.

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