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William Hallam (?–?)

William Hallam was a marine in the 2nd (Portsmouth) Company when he arrived at Sydney aboard the Lady Penrhyn as part of the First Fleet. He served in Captain Watkin Tench's Company at Port Jackson and was employed making shingles in 1788.

Hallam returned to England on the Gorgon in December 1791.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 157

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'Hallam, William (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hallam-william-31224/text38611, accessed 11 May 2025.

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