Hi, I'm looking for info/descendants/help for my 4xgreat uncle William BRYANT. William was born abt 1815 in Mangotsfield/Bitton area, nr Bristol, Gloucestershire. He was tried at Gloucester Assizes 10.8.1833 for life. His crime was theft/housebreaking. He arrived on the ship "Hive" in 1834 and was sent to Goat Island, then a sandstone quarry. (His occupation was collier/coalminer). In 1838 he is assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company to work in the mines in Newcastle. He absconded twice. Recaptured twice. We next find him with a Ticket of Leave 28 May 1847. To remain in Newcastle. Three years later he is granted a Ticket of Leave Passport 16 Jun 1850 (and a Conditional Pardon is in the pipeline) and he is sent to Wide Bay/Burnett (now QLD) to work for Surveyor Hugh Labatt. Not a bright spark, William absconds again and his Conditional Pardon is with held until he can regain and hold a Ticket of Leave for six months. Decision made 1851. I think this is around the time he is sent to prison in Sydney. But not sure. He doesn't appear to have regained a Ticket of Leave. This is where we lose track of him. As we are having to trace him forwards, not backwards, any help from the listers on the convict mailing list would be most appreciated. Many thanks, Sarah Davies