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Name

Thomas West

Born

4 June, 1773
Hooe, Sussex, England

Died

21 September, 1858 (aged 85)
Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cultural Heritage

English

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

Related Entries

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Dobson, Naomi (daughter)
Dobson, Edward West (grandson)

Passenger Ship *

Earl Cornwallis (1801) (convict)

Occupation or Descriptor *

convict (1801-1813) New South Wales, Australia
dairy farmer (1810-1858) New South Wales, Australia
fruit grower (1810-1858) New South Wales, Australia
emancipist (1813-1858) New South Wales, Australia
quarry owner (1813-1858) New South Wales, Australia
grazier (cattle) (1824-1858) New South Wales, Australia

Maps *

Plan of the Allotments of Ground, Granted from the Crown in NSW, J Burr and G Ballisat, 1814 (location)

Convict Record

Crime	Sentence	Commuted To	Court	Trial Date
theft	life	-	-	-

* Dates are approximate

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