John Hudson Died of old age
1840
John Hudson was the youngest male convict transported to Australia in the First Fleet. Just nine years old, he was a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
John Hudson was a nine year old transported on the ship called 'Friendship'
1755 in the west Indies
The youngest male was nine-year-old chimney sweep John Hudson - transported for stealing clothes and a pistol. The youngest female was thirteen-year-old clog maker Elizabeth Hayward - transported for stealing a linen dress and a silk bonnet.
The oldest person on the First Fleet was convict Dorothy Handland, aged 82. She had been convicted of perjury back in England and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Not only was she the oldest convict, she was also the first person to commit suicide in Australia. She hanged herself from a large gum tree in Sydney in 1789.
The youngest convict on the First Fleet was nine. He was John Hudson, a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
The youngest convict on the First Fleet was nine. He was John Hudson, a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
John Hudson was the youngest male convict transported to Australia in the First Fleet. Just nine years old, he was a chimney sweep who was transported for stealing clothes and a pistol.
John Hudson was a nine year old transported on the ship called 'Friendship'
1755 in the west Indies
The youngest male was nine-year-old chimney sweep John Hudson - transported for stealing clothes and a pistol. The youngest female was thirteen-year-old clog maker Elizabeth Hayward - transported for stealing a linen dress and a silk bonnet.
Convict John 'Black' Caesar arrived in Australia on the First Fleet on 26 January 1788.
The oldest person on the First Fleet was convict Dorothy Handland, aged 82. She had been convicted of perjury back in England and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Not only was she the oldest convict, she was also the first person to commit suicide in Australia. She hanged herself from a large gum tree in Sydney in 1789.
Sources vary, but the following is a close estimate. There were either thirteen or fourteen children of convicts on the First Fleet. It is not known how many officers' children were aboard, but nine more we born along the way. In addition, there were seventeen convict children.
John 'Black' Caesar was a villain. Transported with the First Fleet for burglary in England, this escaped slave from Madagascar then escaped as a convict in Australia, becoming the continent's first bushranger.
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John 'Black' Caesar was Australia's first bushranger. He arrived in Australia with the First Fleet after being transported for stealing in London, after escaping from slavery. Early bushrangers which were escaped convicts were known as convict bolters.