#OnThisDay 25 February 1840 the Buffalo arrived in Sydney with 58 French convicts from Lower Canada. These prisoners were interned near present-day Concord, resulting in the naming of French Bay, Canada Bay and Exile Bay. Most of the convicts returned home to Canada when their sentences expired.
Source: Series: NRS-1157 [4/7101.1-.2]
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- Search the Convicts Index (tip: use Buffalo in the ship name)
- Search the Naturalization Index
- French migration stories
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