Andrew, thank you for that information from the Brisbane newspaper. I have information from Sydney papers, that all the Havering 'exiles' convicts were landed in Sydney. Both lots of Heffernan's were sent from Sydney to Scone, then on to Armidale for the father & son, my William then went to the Severn River (near or Glen Innes) then late 1851 his third and last ticket of Leaver has him at Tenterfield Station. Ellen Lordon his wife (in fact if not legal) may have also travelled the same route, Ellen was an Irish Orphan lass who arrived in April 1850 on the 'John Knox'. From research of Kerry Heffernan (descendant of John Heffernan Snr.) there were 2 other girls from the same ship and from Bandon Co. Cork as was Ellen, in the same area as the Heffernan men. I wonder if Ellen was sent north as they were. William was 32 when he arrived in Sydney, I am wondering if he had been married in Ireland and that is why we can't find a marriage in NSW for William & Ellen. Not forgetting that in 1850 the priest or minister of that time, probably only came around to these small settlements once a year or even less. I need to do a search on the Pioneer register for both marriages & births/baptisms of that time period to see if there were any RC marriages in that area. On the maternal line of my late husband, his great grandparents were married according to the rites of the Church of England at Tenterfield in 1852, a registration for them has been found. Our ancestors are going to need very good reasons why they have disguised their tracks for generations. Regards Maggie