Six Ha'pennies

Sentenced to life in the Colony of New South Wales by the Essex Assizes, Abraham Braybrook's story is unique. On arrival in Sydney in November 1834, convict number 2480 was assigned to a powerful ex-military man and squatter as a farm hand. He worked growing fruit and vegetables at The Field of Mars district near Parramatta. Then in 1837, as part of a pioneering group, he was among the first to overland from Yass to Central Victoria. This made him one of the very first settlers in that area...