The Watchmaker at the Waterholes: A Quaker convict's journey

A uniquely comprehensive biography of a convict his fall retribution and eventual redemption.Through a momentary lapse that he blames on alcohol John Wilmot the watchmaker son of a Quaker family is sentenced to transportation to New South Wales for life. He is assigned to Lt. Col. Henry Dumaresq the brother-in-law of Governor Darling on his property at the frontier of settlement. He is on the way to re-establishing himself as a productive citizen when a series of mischances in Sydney commit him to an ironed-gang Hyde Park Barracks and Cockatoo Island. After a sentence to hard labour in Darlinghurst Gaol he is exiled from Sydney to Wollongong where he establishes himself as a businessman and supports action against alcohol consumption. Quakers from England are witness to his progress. He dies with the esteem of his fellow citizens.Readers with an interest in Australian history will be enlightened by this mans journey through the convict system.