thanks Peter, I've just ordered it ----- Original Message ----- From: "peter strauss" <pstrauss@aapt.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com>; <rosaleeshaw@ozemail.com.au> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 7:48 PM Subject: First Australian Bank Robbery > > Hi Rosalee, > > This saga is the subject of an excellent narrative history by Carol Baxter > called "Breaking the Bank" published earlier this year by Allen & Unwin. > > One of my convict ancestors, George DUDLEY who had not long completed his > original sentence was found guilty of receiving some of the Promissory > notes and headed off to Norfolk Island for 14 years. > > It is a good read. > > Cheers > > Peter > Melbourne >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:50:07 +1100 >> From: "Rosalee" <rosaleeshaw@ozemail.com.au> >> Subject: [PJ] First Australian Bank Robbery >> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <6F574431736B46E19C7BDD6A43BCDB96@owner506bf5eac> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Oh, it pays to have a quiet Boxing Day!! >> >> I have been "googling" and "surfing" today, and tried my luck on a long >> time brick wall. >> >> Anne Toole, (Broxbournbury) was the daughter of a convict (Bernard Toole) >> (Somersetshire) who married John Wilford, alias Creighton (Bencoolen) >> when she was 14. >> >> Both John and her father drowned in 1829, when she was about 16 or >> 17...............and then I lost her. >> >> Now I know !! >> >> It seems that John was involved in the first australian bank robbery, on >> 14th september 1828 (and it seems they got quite a haul- some ?14,000 in >> promissory notes and coins) but he drowned before police could find an >> informant to give evidence. The circumstances of the drowning seem now >> somewhat suspicious. >> >> Anne, I now find, re-married with some speed - to James Dingle, a >> co-conspirator, very soon after her husband's death - and here was I >> thinking about this poor traumatised girl..... in the depths of >> depression, perhaps unable to move on with her life or see a >> future.....<huh> >> >> Anne's mother married just 5 months later as well, to the local >> constable.......I always wondered why, and now I am intrigued! >> >> If anyone knows more about this family, or about the story, please >> contact me. I am still looking for a death and offspring. >> >> Rosalee >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS list administrator, send an email >> to >> AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS mailing list, send an >> email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 403 >> ******************************************************* > >