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.

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Margaret Dawson

Convict on the First Fleet sent from Britain to New South Wales

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