Margaret Catchpole was a convict, Sarah Cobcroft loved a convict, and William Cox sailed with the NSW Corps to supervise convicts. Sarah and William sailed with the notorious Second Fleet, Margaret in 1802. All three made new lives in the penal colony and found opportunity in the Hawkesbury/Dyarubbin food bowl. But the river giveth; the river taketh away. Life on the frontier is vividly described in Margaret Catchpole’s letters. Sarah Cobcroft became a midwife and protector of women and girls. William had some dubious dealings as a paymaster and went back to England, but he came back and became wealthy. Learn about the lives of these three fascinating early colonists.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Laurie Chater Forth, Margaret Catchpole: Her Life and Her Letters (2012)
• Grace Karskens, People of the River (2020)