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COVERLEY, William

Original Occupation Labourer

PYRENEES

Arrival Year 1853

Fremantle

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William Coverley, a 27 year old English labourer was sentenced on the 6 April 1850 to be transported to the Swan River Colony for the offence of Larceny. William's sentence of seven years took him to Fremantle as Prisoner 1880, in 1853, aboard the Pyrenees, after an 83 day voyage.

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