James Austin & John Earle:

It has been said that these cousins were dobbed (informed on) in by their own Uncle Peter as it was from him they stole 100lbs of honey and 6 straw bee hives! For this crime the cousins were sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and convict labour. The boys ended up wealthy men, building palatial homes and eventually arranging to get family members to emigrate from England to Australia.

   
             
         
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