bricklayer
William Buckley.
English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped
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About William Buckley
William Buckley, also known as the "wild white man", was an English bricklayer, and served in the military until 1802, when he was convicted of theft. He was then transported to Australia, where he helped construct buildings for the fledgling penal settlement at Port Phillip Bay in what is now Victoria, Australia.
Everything about William Buckley →- Occupation
- bricklayer, soldier
- Citizenship
- Australia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1780
- Died
- January 31, 1856