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Arrival of the 'Brothers' having departed London 10th June and Rio 5th Sept. Passengers, Mr. Dawson and Mr. Armstrong and 38 men, women and children of the A. A. Co. 375 sheep, 2 horses, 5 mares and 4 cows
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Early Days of Port Stephens
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Sir Edward returned to Port Stephens on March 5th, with Capt. Moffatt....To his expressed delight he found everything had been quiet and orderly since his departure, although old John Adams, the horse shoer, had been drowned crossing a flooded creek near Stroud and a prisoner named Booth was killed by a falling tree. John Adams death was particularly awful as he was perhaps intoxicated at the time
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Pure Merinos and Others
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Blacksmith employed by Australian Agricultural Company
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A man, named John Adams, has been committed to Newcastle Gaol; where he now remains under a sentence of three months endurance, for a breach of contract to the A.A. Company. Mr. Dawson is the committing Magistrate
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Indented servant of the A.A. Company. Court Case Adams v. Dawson was an action of trespass and false imprisonment brought by John Adams who had been confined in a black hole 8' long x 5 ' wide for the night at Port Stephens before being taken the following day to gaol in Newcastle for 3mths
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In the Service of the Company: letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural company: volume 1, December 1829 - June 1832. Letter No 332
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Request to retire from employment with the A.A. Company confirmed by Sir Edward Parry.. To quit the Companys Estate 5th March
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Adams v Dawson - SC
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Blacksmith. Indented servant of Aust. Agricultural Company and placed under direction of Robert Dawson as agent
Source:
Adams v. Dawson - SC
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Sent to gaol for 3 mths at Newcastle for refusing orders by Dawson's nephew, John Grimsey Dawson
Source:
Adams v. Dawson - SC
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Sued Robert Dawson for false imprisonment and was awarded 50 pounds
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John Adams, a free mechanic, articled to the Australian Agricultural Company, was charged, on Thursday, by Mr. Dawson, the manager, with refusing to perform certain work alloted him though not exceeding the terms of his agreement, and also with misbehaviour. The man was sentenced, under the Act of Geo. 4, ch. 96, to be imprisoned in the gaol, as the house of correction, for fifteen days.
First Name:
John and Mary
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Notice - John Adams of Port Stephens cautioning against harbouring his wife Mary Adams or giving her credit on his account as she had left her family four years previously
First Name:
John, William, Hannah, Sophia
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John aged 53, William, aged 14, Hannah aged 11 and Sophia aged 9, all arrived free on the Brothers in 1825. Employed as servants to the A. A. Company at Port Stephens
Surname:
Armstrong (surveyor)
Source:
Pure Merinos and Others
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Employed by Australian Agricultural Company as surveyor
Surname:
Armstrong (Surveyor)
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Coal River Working Party site
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John Armstrong's map of Newcastle. Plan of the Town of Newcastle New South Wales shewing it’s present actual state with part of the adjoining Country, and the coal works of The Australian Agricultural Company from a Careful Survey in 1830 by Jno. Armstrong. (Courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, N.Z.)
Surname:
Armstrong (surveyor)
First Name:
John, Elizabeth, William
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John age 33, Superintendent A.A. Company, Elizabeth age 22 (born in the colony), William age 1 1/2 and baby 3 months resident at Port Stephens
Source:
Pure Merinos and Others
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Butcher. Employed by Australian Agricultural Company
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Pure Merinos and Others
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Employed as overseer by Australian Agricultural Company
Source:
Pure Merinos and Others
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Ploughman. Employed by Austrlian Agricultural Company
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Came Free. Aged 29 in 1828. Servant employed by A.A. Co
Surname:
Simmonds (Simmons)
Source:
Pure Merinos and Others
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Groom. Employed by the Australian Agricultural Company