Calamity and Conquest: A chronicle of the convict Joseph Blundell and his consort Susan Osborne

Joseph Blundell, sentenced to death for attacking a gamekeeper while poaching near Maidstone in Kent, was transported for life to the NSW Colony in 1826. His grandfather Thomas of Chelsfield in England, who should have rightfully become extremely wealthy as the recipient of the Blundell family fortune, was denied his inheritance by the Court. Two generations later, Joseph had descended from a proud and privileged birthright to penury and illiteracy. Mercy Balcombe of New Romney married Robe...