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Note for:   William Hangan,   16 NOV 1807 - 9 JAN 1818         Index

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Note for:   Henry Hangan,   5 APR 1814 - 17 OCT 1893         Index

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     On the marriage certificate both Henry and Ann Nicholls list their place of residence as Goulburn? Arrived in Victoria March 1837 on the "Siren" from Launceston. Worked for Thomas Learmouth at Buninyong near Geelong.

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     John Hangan arrived in Van Diemens's Land on the "Ocean" in February 1804, having been transferred from the "Calcutta" at Port Phillip where the ships had been for some months. He was tried at Middlesex Gaol Delivery l5th September, 1802 for stealing apparel in lodgings and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. He was born in Kent and was aged 23; after sentence he was sent to the hulk "Captivity" at Portsmouth on l6th October, 1802. (P.R.O. reel 2732, Home office). The HMS 'Calcutta' a Royal Navel vessel with 308 convicts, wives children, and a few marines escorted by the transport 'Ocean" left Portsmouth in April 1803 and arrived Port Phillip October 1803. The intention was to colonize Port Phillip to protect Bas Strait from the French. The camp was established near modern day Sorrento, however conditions were so bad that the settlement was abandoned after a few months. It must have been an unusually hot summer as temperatures were often over 100 degrees F. There was no fresh meat and it appears that lobsters were a major part of the diet, as it was recorded that the sailors often caught over 500 a night. there was no attempt to establish pernament buildings and everyone lived in tents or on board the ships. It came as a great relief to be ordered to pack up and head further south. Everyone was transferred on the 'Ocean' to Van Diemans Land and founded Hobart in early 1804.(a earlier settlement in August 1803 was at Risdon on the eastern shore of the Derwent estuary). Conditions were not much better here and the hardships endured to establish a colony make interesting reading. In Hobart on 30 July 1804 he married Jane Heels, the widow of a convict John Heels who had died at Port Phillip 3 January 1804. John Heels had also been tried at Middlesex Gaol Delivey on 4 February 1802 for horse stealing and was sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation for life. He was aged 27, born at Ealing, Middlesex, was 5'5" tall, and had a dark complexion. He was sent to the "Captivity" at Portsmouth on l6 October 1802. No record of John Hangan's death was found but his widow Jane married Peter Copeland, bachelor 3 August 1829. A child Sarah was born l2 March , baptised 3 April 1833, and died l0 June 1833, described at a publican's child. (St David's registers). A return of agriculture l4 July 1807 showd that John Hangan held 50 acres of land. (HRS Series lll, vol.l) this land was situated where the present botanical Gardens now stands, and very early the land was resumed by the Government after John Hangan had sold it. John Hangan was also granted 50 acres in the district of Drummond ( near Brighton). (HRA Series lll, vol. 2,4; Land grants MM 49/2.)

David Noakes Nov. 2012 dlnoakes@@bigpond.com

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