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Presented address to the Governor on his visit to Newcastle
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Signed petition to Gov. Bourke re the power of Magistrates in dealing with the convict population
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St. Jame's Church Morpeth
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Marriage of John Norton Oxley of Kirkham (Camden) to Ann Lydia, fourth daughter of J.L. Platt on 26th May. Officiating minister Rev. J. Rodwell
Place:
Ironbark Hill near Newcastle
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Death of John Laurio Platt aged 54 on 17th May. 'Mr. Platt was one of the first emigrant settlers on Hunter's River, and was followed to his grave by all the Military, Civil Officers, and gentlemen of the town'
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Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Burials p.20
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Settler aged 54. Burial
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Select Settler Map 1 to find the location of John Laurio Platt's Estate
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AO NSW Convict Indents Fiche No. 677
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Robert Paine per 'Royal Admiral' assigned servant
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Newcastle district
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General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
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John Attwell per 'Neptune' assigned servant
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Convict Indents (Ancestry)
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James Bennet per 'York' assigned to John Laurio Platt on arrival
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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George McKin per Almorah assigned servant
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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John Manning per 'Prince of Orange' assigned to John Platt at Newcastle
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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John Wright Preston per Prince of Orange assigned servant
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 19
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Celia Kennedy age 13, born in the colony. Apprentice to John L. Platt.
Source:
State Archives NSW. Convict Indents. Microfiche 676
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Lonsdale Wright, miller and baker per Lady Feversham assigned to John L. Platt on arrival
Place:
Northumberland Co.
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SR NSW Archive Reel: 1583; Series: 12992; Description: Registers of Memorials for Land 1825-1842
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Memorial for conveyance of land - John Laurio Platt to Williamm Hampton Dutton - 2000 acres
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Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 136
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Esther Caley per Mary assigned to John Laurio Platt on arrival
Source:
Convict Indent. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 678
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John Moylan per Edward assigned to John Laurio Platt on arrival
Place:
Iron Bark Hill, Newcastle
Source:
The Voice of the North
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The Pioneers - John Platt - Our First Settler by W.J. Goold (biography) - John Laurio Platt was born at Basford near Nottingham in 1784 being the son of a Church of England clergyman. When seventeen years of age he joined the British navy as a middy aboard the frigate Champion; then under the command of Lord William Stuart, who was engaged at that time in checking piracy in the Aegean Sea. In those stirring times of the British Navy, young Platt saw a good deal of active service in many parts of the globe; serving under the Cochrane s, Sir James Yeo during the Anglo American War of 1812, and Captains Beaver and Park on the Gold Coast of Africa. Although participating in many aval engagements during his 14 years service in these troublesome times, young Platt was fortuante in being only wounded once - receiving a severe pike thrust during a cutting out expedition. Retired from the navy in 1814, he was appointed Harbour Master at Heleogoland a British garrison under command of the Hon. Colonel King. Here he married Misss Rose Ann Dutton, daughter of the British Consul at Cuxhaven........
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Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions, Bench Books, 1833-1836 (Ancestry)
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Charles Elms per Claudine, assigned to Mr. Platt, charged with insolence and threatening language. Mr. Platt testified....On Tuesday we were slaughtering a bullock. My son was left to prevent the men from taking any of the meat. Some of the latest part of the beast was cut of which Elms claimed as his. It was taken from him and and sent home upon which he called my son a young bugger. I asked him what language that was that he was making use of with a most insolent tone and manner. He replied to me why I told him to go and bugger himself upon which I told him I would send him to court next morning. He replied that he would inform the magistrates of something that would make me shake with torrent of abuse. The prisoner did not say that he was no more like a hound than he was like a bugger. Charles Ellmes guilty and sentenced to receive 100 hundred lashes
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NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
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James Curtis per Prince of Orange and Thomas Shout (Shutt) per Earl St. Vincent and Eli Wooton per Greyhound all assigned servants to John Laurio Platt charged with being off their masters farm without permission. Constable Turvey stated....I found the prisoners in Newcastle without a pass from their master. I brought them into custody. Sentenced 25 lashes each and returned to their master
