As is usual with coincidences and flukes of nature, I posted a Thread about the Turnbulls in Wollongong (William and Mary) and another genealogist has contacted me regarding their daughter Ann.
It appears that Ann was the reason for the Turnbulls came to Australia.
Ann Turnbull was bc1824 in or around Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She was convicted in 1848 of culpable homicide and sentenced to 10 years transportation to Van Dieman’s Land (now Tasmania).
It appears that the family decided to come to Australia too, though I have no proof that
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