Stories of Convict Settlers: The South Arm Convict Walk

The South Arm Peninsula Residents Association extends you a warm invitation to join us at the official opening of the The South Arm Convict Walk by Julie Collins MP.

We look forward to welcoming you at 10.30am on Friday 20th December at the South Arm Community Centre, 9 Calverton Place, South Arm.

Please RSVP by Friday 13th December to Karryn Dargie
Phone: 0409 536 136 or email karryn@interia.com.au

A series of interpretative signs along the South Arm to Opossum Bay multi-use path that tell the stories of the convicts who contributed so much to the history, heritage and community of our Peninsula.

Funding from the Federal Government’s Your Community Heritage Program made this project possible as did the assistance, financial and in-kind, of Clarence City Council.

Just two of the stories uncovered . . .

Edmund Musk Jnr & wife EmilyEdmund Musk. Convict ship: ‘Lotus’

Transported for stealing beans and barley, Edmund Musk was assigned to William Gellibrand and having gained his ticket of leave, leased a farm from the Gellibrands. By 1858 he was farming 120 acres at South Arm, and employing convicts himself. Edmund and his wife Mary had ten children at South Arm.

Eliza Hurst. Convict ship: ‘Emma Eugenia’

A nurse and needlewoman, Eliza Hurst was 18 when she was transported for pickpocketing £16. In 1843 she married William Lazenby, another convict, and officially became his assigned servant. But she still got into trouble occasionally, for being ‘disorderly’ and pretending to be free. Eliza and William settled down at Ralph’s Bay.

Download invitation:

South_Arm_Convict_trail_Invitation_.pdf
Karryn Dargie