John Lamb John Lamb i(A126662 works by)
Born: Established: 1790 Cumberland, Cumbria (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 17 Jan 1862 Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: May 1829
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Naval officer, politician and merchant John Lamb settled in Sydney with his wife and five children, having arrived from England in the Resource in May 1829. He had previously visited Australia in 1806 in his capacity as a shipman bringing William Bligh to New South Wales as governor. In June 1819 he was master of the Baring transporting convicts to Sydney. At the great protest meeting at Circular Quay in June 1849, when the convict transport Hashemy arrived, he urged his fellow colonists to protect their adopted land 'from being again degraded and polluted by the name of penal settlement'; after moving the first of the anti-transportation resolutions he was appointed to the deputation that took the resolutions to the governor.

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  • See the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for John Lamb
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