James Nowland (c.1755- ), a shoemaker, was found guilty on 21 April 1784 at the Old Bailey, London, of assaulting a man and taking a bag full of money. Sentenced to 7 years transportation, he was sent to the Censor hulk on 6 September 1784 and was discharged to the Scarborough in February 1787. He arrived at Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet.
Nowland was sent to Norfolk Island on the Supply in March 1790. By July 1791 he was subsisting himself on a Sydney Town lot with 100 rods cleared. He left the island for Port Jackson on the Kitty in March 1793. No later records have been found for him.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), pp 265-66
'Nowland, James (c. 1755–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/nowland-james-31615/text39090, accessed 23 March 2023.
Crime: assault and robbery
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Old Bailey, London
Trial Date: 21 April 1784
(1784)
Occupation: shoe/boot maker