Many thanks car6m2ody for being so generous & giving me this information
There is a lot to take in here thats for sure

What exactly were tickets of leave?? he must have enjoyed Christmas 1823 it seems!

Again thankyou very much

Chris thankyou again for being so helpful
I will go searching the BDM

Kind regards Pam

Hi Pam

A ticket of leave was issued to a convict not long before his sentence expired. It allowed him/her to work and live within a defined area away from his/her place of assignment.
Go to www.sag.org.au and you can search them under data bases.

Chris

Thanks Chris I will go & check it out

A ticket of leave is an indulgence, a reward for good behaviour, whereby the holder is permitted to work on his own account within the District for which the ticket is issued. It is transferable to another District. The holder is required to obtain a ticket of leave passport if he has to travel outside the District for which the ticket is endorsed.

Thankyou so much for all your help

Pansy_28

Family members who have been researching this family over the past 30 years have documented proof that this man could not be the person that you are looking for. If you search further this information is available.

There is no proof that the father was an Irish Convict?

Regards