LC control no. | nb2019014041 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ruse, James, 1759-1837 |
Associated country | Australia |
Associated place | New South Wales |
Birth date | 1759-08-09 |
Death date | 1837-09-05 |
Place of birth | Launceston (England) |
Profession or occupation | Agricultural laborers Prisoners |
Found in | The stony ground : the remembered life of convict James Ruse, 2018: back cover (Cornish farmworker, reprieved from the hangman's noose and transported to Botany Bay on the First Fleet in 1788) preface (born in 1759) Australian dictionary of biography, viewed online 10 July 2019 (James Ruse (1759-1837), pioneer and smallholder, was born on 9 August 1759 at Launceston, Cornwall, England; his death on 5 September 1837 brought to a close the career of one whose importance in New South Wales history has been unduly exaggerated and romanticized) |