George Lucas married Elizabeth Hodgetts in 1823. For the first few years of his married life he worked as a carpenter as well as working as a farmer. He was granted 260 acres of land on the Longford to Cressy main road and in 1831 applied for further land. By 1842 he was employing four ticket-of-leave men.
*further information: Peter McKay, A Nation Within a Nation: The Lucas Clan in Australia (2004), pp 1343-44
'Lucas, George (1800–1868)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/lucas-george-25630/text33937, accessed 22 November 2024.
8 May,
1800
Norfolk Island,
Australia
23 July,
1868
(aged 68)
Longford,
Tasmania,
Australia
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