« Reply #18 on: Monday 31 March 25 16:03 BST (UK) »
There is a record of Thomas EMMETT of "Hive" having a NSW prisoners Savings Bank book.
It shows £2 (and interest) but does not show that it was ever accessed to have funds withdrawn.
I could not see Thomas Emmett per "Hive" in the 1841 NSW census, nor the 1837 general convict muster.
Perhaps he died just a few years after arriving in NSW.
Thomas Emett
Date of arrival; 11 June, 1834, per ship Hive
Sentence: Life
How disposed of: Henry O'Brien, Yass Plains
FYI some history on Henry O'Brien. His farm at Yass Plains was called "Douro".
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/obrien-henry-2515
Where did you find the record about his savings book? Is it on Ancestry? I have worldwide subscription from UK).
Thanks .... Malcolm
Wood(s) – Lancashire/Clayton-le-Moors & Sawley (orig. W.Yorkshire 1841)
Thornley, Heyes – Lancashire/Clayton-le-Moors
Emmett – Lancashire/Chorley, Blackburn
Nightingale, Livesey, Warburton, Gorton – Lancashire/Blackburn, Darwen
Kilshaw - Lancaster
Mahoney – Oswaldtwistle, Ireland
Brennan – E.Lancs., Tipperary
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