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Mary Bryant (c. 1765 – after 1794) was a Cornish convict sent to Australia. She became one of the first successful escapees from the fledgling Australian penal colony. Early life.
Mary Bryant (b.1765), convict, was baptized on 1 May 1765 at Fowey, Cornwall, England, the daughter of a mariner named Broad, whose family was 'eminent for sheep stealing'. On 20 May 1786 at the Exeter Assizes she, referred to as Mary Braund, was charged with assault and robbery, convicted and sentenced to death.
Mary Bryant: With Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill. A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant is a 2005 miniseries loosely based on the life of Mary Bryant, an English girl from Cornwall who in this telling was convicted of petty theft (though the historical Mary Bryant was transported for a violent robbery and assault), [1] and who was transported to the Australian penal colony on the First Fleet ...
Bryant, Mary (1765–?) English highway robber and one of only a handful of convicts to escape from the notorious penal colony at Botany Bay. Name variations: Mary Bryant of Fowey; Mary Braund or Broad.
Oct 28, 2017 · Mary Bryant was the only female convict to escape Australia. A FEMALE prisoner who was starved of food made one of the most daring and tumultuous escapes in history. It all started here.
Jun 23, 2015 · This is the story of Mary Bryant, the convict woman with two babies who in 1791 helped steal a naval cutter in Sydney and sail it to Timor in an open boat voyage.
Mary Bryant was a Cornish-born daughter of a fisherman who became involved in petty theft after moving to Plymouth. In 1787 she was convicted for stealing a silk bonnet, jewellery, and a few coins and sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia.
4 subscribers. Subscribed. 29. 4.2K views 7 years ago. This short documentary explores the lives of Cornish convicts that were transported to Australia for their crimes. Also, we examine the life...
Mary Bryant. First Fleet. Convicts. Convict transportation. Arrived on: Charlotte. Sentence and crime: Seven years transportation for assault and robbery. Escaped colony on 28 March 1791. Mary Bryant was the first convict to successfully escape the colony of New South Wales and return to Britain.
