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{{Short description|Commandant of Norfolk Island (born c. 1791)}} |
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[[Major (rank)|Major]] '''Vance Young Donaldson''', (born 1791, date of death unknown) soldier and penal administrator, was born in [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] and entered the army at the age of thirteen, serving in the [[57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot|57th Regiment]] under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]]. |
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serving in the [[57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot|57th Regiment]] under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]]. |
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He led his regiment to [[Norfolk Island]] in March 1826 as the second commandant of the second [[convict settlement]]. His first act was to arrange for the thirty women on the island to be returned to Sydney as Governor [[Ralph Darling|Darling]] disapproved of their presence at this |
He led his regiment to [[Norfolk Island]] in March 1826 as the second commandant of the second [[convict settlement]]. His first act was to arrange for the thirty women on the island to be returned to Sydney as Governor [[Ralph Darling|Darling]] disapproved of their presence at this "place of the extremest punishment short of death". |
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In September 1826 an attempt was made by the convicts to escape from the island by boat, having been told that there was an island within a hundred miles where they could safely hide and never be found |
In [[Norfolk Island Convict Mutinies#1826 Rebellion|September 1826 an attempt was made by the convicts to escape from the island by boat]], having been told that there was an island within a hundred miles where they could safely hide and never be found. While most of the soldiers were chasing two absconders, about thirty prisoners seized and bound their overseers, robbed the Stores for provisions and weapons, and put three boats to sea, killing a soldier. Donaldson and soldiers followed them to the nearby small and uninhabited [[Phillip Island, Norfolk Island|Phillip Island]], where they were captured. The ringleaders were sent to Sydney for trial, where they were sentenced to death. |
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. While most of the soldiers were chasing two absconders, about thirty prisoners seized and bound their overseers, robbed the Stores for provisions and weapons, and put three boats to sea, killing a soldier. Donaldson and soldiers followed them to the nearby small and uninhabited [[Phillip Island, Norfolk Island|Phillip Island]], where they were raped and murder so their dead bodies could be used as a ding dong wrap to insure that heir wives would not get pregnant. The ringleaders were sent to Sydney for trial, where they were sentenced to death. |
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Donaldson left Norfolk Island |
Donaldson left Norfolk Island on 3 February 1828. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* [[Margaret Hazzard|Hazzard, Margaret]], ''Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island'', Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. (ISBN |
* [[Margaret Hazzard|Hazzard, Margaret]], ''Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island'', Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. ({{ISBN|0-908090-64-1}}) |
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== External links == |
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* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183959420902061 Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877], [[State Library of Queensland]]- includes digitised correspondence and letters written by Donaldson to the [[Colonial Secretary of New South Wales]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:33, 31 May 2024
Major Vance Young Donaldson, (born 1791, date of death unknown) soldier and penal administrator, was born in Tyrone and entered the army at the age of thirteen, serving in the 57th Regiment under Wellington.
He led his regiment to Norfolk Island in March 1826 as the second commandant of the second convict settlement. His first act was to arrange for the thirty women on the island to be returned to Sydney as Governor Darling disapproved of their presence at this "place of the extremest punishment short of death".
In September 1826 an attempt was made by the convicts to escape from the island by boat, having been told that there was an island within a hundred miles where they could safely hide and never be found. While most of the soldiers were chasing two absconders, about thirty prisoners seized and bound their overseers, robbed the Stores for provisions and weapons, and put three boats to sea, killing a soldier. Donaldson and soldiers followed them to the nearby small and uninhabited Phillip Island, where they were captured. The ringleaders were sent to Sydney for trial, where they were sentenced to death.
Donaldson left Norfolk Island on 3 February 1828.
References
[edit]- Hazzard, Margaret, Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island, Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. (ISBN 0-908090-64-1)
External links
[edit]- Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, State Library of Queensland- includes digitised correspondence and letters written by Donaldson to the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales
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