On This Day – 12 July

1807

Elisha Sinkler was baptised in St. Mary’s Church, Pateley Bridge.

1853

Jack Sinkler left Launceston in Tasmania, aboard the steamer “Yarra Yarra”, headed for Melbourne on the Australian mainland. Jack had received his Conditional Pardon a few weeks earlier. Although his sentence was not over, he was now free to move around the colony and seek work for himself.

Main Image – Steamer “Yarra Yarra”

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