This is a fun site. Great stories, lots of information. We had some Bunkers that were shipped to Australia as convicts and also a captain (Eber) who took them there. Although he usually was commanding a whaler, his ship was used at least once to transport convicts. http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html Bette

Eber Bunker also had the job of returning Gov Bligh to England for trial. Bligh was Governor of New South Wales and had had an earlier life as the famous mariner of "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame. I am unable to recall what crime he committed to earn his recall. Murray Reid Auckland NZ