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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Emmigration to Oz
« on: Sunday 15 November 15 01:11 GMT (UK)  »
James was constable on NI in 1846 and became Chief Constable there on the Drowning of the incumbent in 1848. His removal Tasmania and appointment  to District Constable in Norfolk Bay (Tas.)was probably between 1851 and 1854. I think he later became Chief District Constable before being retired and going to Victoria.

My interest is in locating the Diaries from which the Transcripts at the NI Museum were taken, to validate the provenance of the convict written poems enclosed.

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Emmigration to Oz
« on: Monday 26 October 15 03:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
Re James Stevens
Ive found a couple of interesting poems transcribed from the diary of James Stevens on Norfolk Island. The transcipts were supplied to the Norfolk Island Museum I assume by some descendant but they do not know who was the donor.
I would be most interested in finding the diaries if you have come across their owner.
He appears to have been a district constable in Tasmania after being Chief Constable on NI and later to Victoria

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