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Margaret Dawson.
Convict on the First Fleet sent from Britain to New South Wales
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About Margaret Dawson
Margaret Dawson, also known as Margaret Henderson, was a convict sentenced to transportation. She travelled on the Lady Penrhyn as a member of the First Fleet to establish a British colony in Australia. She had a long-term relationship with the surgeon, William Balmain, whose descendants still live in Australia.
Everything about Margaret Dawson →- Born
- 1770
- Died
- 1816