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Lot #352 - A NEW SOUTH WALES TICKET-OF-LEAVE 

  • Auction House:
    Leski Auctions
  • Sale Name:
    Australian & Colonial
  • Sale Date:
    15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    352
  • Lot Description:
    A NEW SOUTH WALES TICKET-OF-LEAVE 
    William PETTS, who had been found guilty of housebreaking and was sentenced to seven years transportation, arrived in New South Wales in August 1838 aboard "Lord Lyndoch" is granted a Ticket-of-Leave in December 1842. He is permitted "to employ himself in any lawful occupation within the District of Camden" and that is "Altered for Yass" a few weeks later. Petts was only 25 at the time he arrived in the colony, living until 1886 and the age of 71. He married twice and had 5 children.
  • Estimate:
    A$500 - 750
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Collectables

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