Distributions from Emu Plains

On 26 November 1822, George Faulkner and other convicts from the Eliza (2) were sent to Emu Plains "for distribution".

Three months later, the first of the Eliza (2) convicts absconds. He is J. Dawson, a fresh-faced 26-year-old from Skipton, and it seems he is not alone. Also missing from Emu Plains are W. Goggerly, J. Sinnot, J. White, Jos. Jones, J. Truelove, Pat. Connelly and W. Bradley. Their names appear toward the end of the list of "prisoners having absented themselves from their usual employment" published in the Sydney Gazette. They have been gone a week. At the top of the list is J. Bailey, a 22-year-old from Wiltshire, who "absented" himself from his employment with J. Pritchard 49 weeks earlier.

NSW State Records, Colonial-Secretary's Correspondence, Reel 6009; 4/3506, p.474
Sydney Gazette, Thursday 27 February 1823, p. 1S